They’ve all jiggled and joggled in the pan together, now they are nestling up to each other in the cupboard. Big jars, tall jars, jam jars. All filled to brimming with beetroot. Bright yellows and deep reds, alongside creamy yellow-whites and pale blushing pinks. A cosy colour festival
A few weeks ago I asked for help, my friends came to the rescue with suggestions, emails and ideas for recipes. Summer evenings with the door open to the garden, music on the stereo watching the night creep in, prepping and preparing, bottling and stacking. Could we call it a pickle flurry? beetroot and cornichon (gherkins) stacked up in the cupboard, a ready reminder of summer colour.
I have so much to look forward to, especially when I think of my favourite eating suggestion; it came through the blog and hailed from Scandinavia, from Denmark and Sweden to be precise. Pickled Beetroot are eaten with fried potatoes and eggs as part of a hangover cure. Don’t you just love that idea! That there is a tried and tested dish to eat after a night out on the tiles.
But back to the actual recipes. I now have Jars of Smidge, Sawsan’s Mum’s recipe (aka the Chef In Disguise) , Kevin’s tried and tested recipe, and Tandy’s email with a link, plus all the others from the first post – Blogging Beetroot. I think I have enough to see me through countless hangovers! Thank you all once again for joining in, these truly are blogging beetroot 🙂
A word about the recipes – I scaled all the recipes down and in all honesty played a bit with the spices, who wouldn’t? I also haven’t included all the recipes, I’ve added links as this post was starting to read like a Compendium of Pickled Beetroot !
Smidge’s Pickled Beetroot
- 2 lbs red beets,
- 2 cups apple cider vinegar,
- 2 tbsp pickling salt,
- 1 cup sugar,
- 1 cinnamon stick,
- 1 (2-inch piece) of fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced.
- They simmered the beets in water until tender.Drain and rinse, rub skins off. Cut into wedges.
- Then combine the brine ingredients and bring to a boil.
- I think you make sure a few slices of ginger get into each jar when you pour.
- Probably discard the cinnamon stick..
- I’ve not made this, but it’s in a book I have!!
Sawsan’s Mum’s Pickled Beetroot
I will give you my mum’s recipe. She usually cuts the beets and sprinkles them with a little salt and sets them aside for 15 minutes
for the brine you need
- 3 cups water
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 2 tablespoons salt
- Add whatever spices and seasonings you like
- I hope this helps.
- Oh and it takes about 2 weeks to be ready
Tandy from Lavender and Lime kindly emailed me with a link to…. golden beetroot A Taste of Yellow for Barbara, a recipe with a personal story. Not only did I love the colour but I loved the ingredients – the addition of Star Anise is a real taste teaser
And finally, but certainly not least of all Kevin’s Wonder Beetroot recipe, a classic spiced pickled beetroot
And now I just need to put this theory to the test…….
Hmmm, I guess that would work as a hangover remedy…I do a salami sandwich.
Did. I mean, that’s what I used to do. Way back when….
I should stop now, shouldn’t I? 😉
Salami sandwiche, that’s a new one to me Marie. You know us Brits do the “fry up”, or maybe that should be in the past tense 🙂
Thought I wasn’t the only one who tinkered with recipes…;-)
Gotta love beetroot – from raw to steamed to pickled – all scrumity!
AND a handy handover recipe, even better!
🙂 Mandy
he, he, I was trying to remember who it was who’d written about tinkering with recipes, it was you !!
How beautiful these turned out!! Is that a star anise I see? Lovely, lovely flavors here and I adore beetroot!! If only my canning equipment wasn’t at the lake.. what was I thinking??!! I would love to try these! Thanks so much for your shoutout:D xx Smidge
Hi Smidge, yes it’s Star Anise, I’m hoping the flavour works well with the beetroot!
there’s always next year 🙂
they are so beautiful… Thank you dear Claire, love, nia
Thank you my friend ! Hope you have a wonderful weekend
Thanks for the suggestions Claire. I do hope to try some of these, if only I could stop burning my beetroot because I forget that they are on the hob!
That’s not a great start Val 🙂 But I do know exactly what you mean – I end up sitting in the kitchen, with the timer on doing other stuff, otherwise, yes I forget them too !!
Hope the outcome is more successful than your first try. They do look good. BTW, am I seeing ads on your blog now?
Hi lulu, I ate some from the first batch last night and they were good, I’m hoping that these are even better.
and yes there are some adverts on the blog, I’m trying them out, to be honest I’m not sure what I think of them. The tricky thing for me is that I’m freelance so every penny helps, but I’m not sure or comfortable with “monetixzing” my blog….. as I say a tricky one. Any ideas ?
Guess what? I resowed beets and might even get a handful! I rather imagine they will not make it to the pickled stage, but I can dream big for next year.
Fingers crossed Alice !! and as you well know, there’s always next year….. 🙂
Oh, what lovely jars of beautiful beets!
Thank you Cindy, I’m hoping the yellow ones give me a burst of sunshine in winter!
How I love pickled beets! and it took me most of my adult life to “love” them!
thank you for the recipes and the links!
The only reason I liked them as a kid was when we used to visit my grandparents in north Wales, they had a great implement that you used to pick a pickle up and then deposit it on your plate. We were obviously only allowed to do that if we ate them !!
Beetroot is heavenly… and I could definitely eat it the hangover way! The jars look gorgeous – especially the golden beetroot with the star anise x
I think the golden ones are so pretty and photogenic ! I think they have a milder taste too. another one to add to next years grow list 😉
I like the sound of that hangover cure, and your beetroot all look/sound really good! 😀 (I love beetroot – especially pickled beetroot in a sandwich with cheese, crisps and salad cream!) 😉
Just loving your sandwich !! my partner ALWAYS adds crisps to his sarnies, and has got me into the habit too 🙂
I never considered beetroot as a hangover cure before and God knows i’ve had a few. I’m not sure how it would stack up against a bacon sandwich – shall suggest to the Mrs the next time we over-indulge!
Hmmmm bacon sarnies are the best, maybe you could add some beetroot into the sarnie…… to be honest I think it’s the fry up aswell as the beetroot that’s thestated cure 🙂
Perfection of pickled beets in a can, they look awesome! 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks Choccy, let’s hope they taste as good as they look 🙂
A hangover remedy? The beets look fabulous, and they would probably work, but I always need peanut butter and vegemite (together) on toast when I’m seedy… 😉
The only thing I would change there Celia is that I’d have marmite instead of vegemite 🙂
Pickled beet root as a hang over remedy is new to me. I imagine the tang would at least begin the waking up process!
I just had to share the theory with everyone !!
Well, now I know where to come when I decide to pickle some beet(root). You really did take advantage of your harvest and a bounty of recipes. I doubt that I will be doing any beet(root) pickling this year, though. I’ve been doing quite a bit of canning and am at my limit already. Next year, though, watch out!
Then again, if anything might persuade me to pickle a few jars, it would be that hangover cure thing — not that I ever need one. I would give them to a friend. Yeah, that’s it. A friend.
You’d be very welcome John, we haven’t much mor eroom in our cupboards either and the freezer is nearly full, even though I emptied loads of fruit out the other day! Oh well I’ll just have to stuff my face 🙂
Although they look pretty, I will trust you that these pickled beets are a hangover cure.
🙂 I had it on good authority, I’ve yet to test the theory !
Alright… I now must get blind drunk and try this tomorrow!
It’s a hard life, but someone has to do it……..
I am not sure these are the tastes I naturally crave when I need a hangover cure, but I think you’ve heard from some experts, so I’ll have to give them credit for creativity! How fun to have so many suggestions from blogging friends. Smidge’s recipe with the cinnamon stick really catches my eye! You’re all set now, I think! 🙂 Debra
🙂 I’ve no idea if it works either, but thought it was fun to post 🙂
I went fairly easy on the cinamon, I din’t want one flavour to overpower another… fingers crossed Debra !
beetroot for a hangover- if that don’t beet everything!
Ha ha !!! I love dreadful puns 🙂
thank you for the link ♥. I need some of your pickles right now please 🙂
A pleasure Tandy, thank you so much for your email !! can I post some ? 😉
Frankly, that hangover-breakfast suggestion sounds good enough to convince me to overdo on the occasion just for the excuse!!
I don’t think we need excuses Kathryn 😉
Love the star anise in the yellow beet roots. I would eat these yummy beets even if I did not have a hang over.
I’m lookinng forward to trying the Anise flavoured ones too BAM. I’ve been eating th epickled beetroot on crakers with salami, works a treat regardless of how I’m feeling !
Beautiful! Love pickled beets, and my new fave are gingered beets. Yum!
Hi Karista and thanks for popping in ! I’ve made a batch with slices of ginger on the recommendation of a fellow blogger and can’t wait to try them. As you say Yum !