Pickling Beetroot Recipes

Leggi

Hi all, just wondring if any of you guys have a tasty recipe for pickling beetroots as I was given a fair few yesterday (would like to say I'd grown them myself but alas, no). I have done it in the past but the colour leeched from the roots so I guess I did something wrong.

Any advice and tasty tips would be more than welcome.

russianmama

Cook leaving some stalk and not cutting root. Won't ''bleed' then. Slide skin off, take off root & stalks Just slice them and put in a jar, vinegar on top to cover. Different vinegars make a change -  try white malt, cyder vinegar, raspberry vinegar. A splash of balsamic vinegar, either when you serve some pickled beetroot, or added to  malt vinegar in the jar when you do it is nice for a change.

Also nice is 'Beetroot in Jelly' a recipe my Mum used over 50 years ago when we had guests - made an 'extra' to put on the table when we had salad:

Slice beetroot into a bowl and cover with blackcurrant jelly, made up as instructions on jelly packet. Put in fridge to set. 

russianmama

Hope this helps.

Leggi

Thank you russianmama, I'll certainly use your pickle recipe. I skinned the beetroots last time I tried it, that's why they must have lost their colour when I boiled them.

I'm not sure I'm adventurous enough for beetroot and blackcurrant jelly, but if I get given any more I'll try it.

Thanks again

 

Cornflower26

I know you asked for pickling beetroot recipes but this is great and easy too.  

Beetroot Chutney 

3lbs Beetroot

1lb Sugar

1pt Vinegar

2 Dessert spoons Cornflour

½ Dessert spoon of Gelatine

 

Wash, peel and grate beetroot.

Put vinegar & sugar in a pan and bring to the boil.

Add beetroot & cook for 5 minutes.

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Dissolve the gelatine in a little vinegar.

Mix the Cornflour with a little vinegar.

Add them both to the beetroot.

Cook till thickened.

 Put into jars.