{"id":7440,"date":"2026-09-02T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:59:11","slug":"pickled-beets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/pickled-beets\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickled Beets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pickled Beets<\/h1>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>8 medium fresh beets<\/li>\n<li>1 cup vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons whole cloves<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons whole allspice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt, optional<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Cook the beets:<\/strong> Wash the beets well and trim the tops, leaving about 1 inch of stem. Place them in a large pot, cover with water, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 35\u201350 minutes, or until the beets are tender when pierced with a fork.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cool and peel:<\/strong> Drain the beets and allow them to cool until easy to handle. Rub off the skins, then slice the beets into rounds or wedges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the pickling liquid:<\/strong> In a saucepan, combine the vinegar, sugar, water, cloves, allspice, and salt. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Simmer for 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine:<\/strong> Place the sliced beets in a clean heatproof jar or container. Pour the hot pickling liquid over the beets, making sure they are completely covered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chill:<\/strong> Allow the beets to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours so the flavors can develop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serve:<\/strong> Enjoy chilled as a side dish, on salads, or alongside sandwiches and roasted meats.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> Keep refrigerated and use within about 2\u20133 weeks. This recipe is intended as a refrigerator pickle, not a shelf-stable canning recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pickled Beets Ingredients 8 medium fresh beets 1 cup vinegar 1\/2 cup granulated sugar 1 1\/2 teaspoons whole cloves 1&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7440","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\/7440","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=7440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7442,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions\/7442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}