{"id":7216,"date":"2026-08-24T22:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7216"},"modified":"2026-08-24T22:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:16:59","slug":"homemade-pickled-beets-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/24\/homemade-pickled-beets-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Homemade Pickled Beets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0Homemade Pickled Beets<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7 pounds fresh beets, about 2\u20132\u00bd inches in diameter<\/li>\n<li>4 cups 5% white vinegar<\/li>\n<li>2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1\u00bd teaspoons pickling salt<\/li>\n<li>2 cinnamon sticks<\/li>\n<li>12 whole cloves<\/li>\n<li>4\u20136 small onions, thinly sliced, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Trim the beet tops, leaving about 1 inch of stem and the roots attached. Wash the beets thoroughly.<\/li>\n<li>Place beets of similar size in a large pot, cover with boiling water, and cook for about <strong>25\u201330 minutes<\/strong>, or until tender.<\/li>\n<li>Drain and discard the cooking water. Let the beets cool, then remove the roots, stems, and skins.<\/li>\n<li>Slice the beets into <strong>\u00bc-inch slices<\/strong>. Thinly slice the onions if using.<\/li>\n<li>In a large saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, water, and pickling salt. Tie the cinnamon sticks and cloves in cheesecloth and add them to the mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the vinegar mixture to a boil. Add the sliced beets and onions and simmer for <strong>5 minutes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the spice bag. Pack the hot beets and onions into clean, hot canning jars, leaving <strong>\u00bd inch of headspace<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the hot vinegar mixture over the beets, maintaining \u00bd inch of headspace. Remove air bubbles and wipe the jar rims clean.<\/li>\n<li>Process the filled jars in a <strong>boiling-water canner<\/strong>. For pint or quart jars, the recommended processing time is <strong>30 minutes at 0\u20131,000 feet elevation<\/strong>, with longer times required at higher elevations.<\/li>\n<li>Remove the jars carefully and let them cool undisturbed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Sweet, tangy, beautifully vibrant, and absolutely delicious!<\/strong> These homemade pickled beets make a wonderful side dish, salad topping, or snack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Homemade Pickled Beets Ingredients 7 pounds fresh beets, about 2\u20132\u00bd inches in diameter 4 cups 5% white vinegar 2 cups&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7218,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7216\/revisions\/7218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}