Pickled Beets

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When canning beets you need to process in a pressure canner.

With pickling, vinegar is added and acidifies the beets. Therefore, pickled beets can be processed safely in a Water Bath Canner. Pints are recommended, not quarts. 30 minutes is the generally recommended length of time to process for pints.

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Just loved them. I was given some huge beets out of a friend garden and had no idea what to do with them. This recipe was so easy and it turned out so well. I making more to give out as holiday gifts. They will be perfect on the Thanksgiving Day table.

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Use Apple Cider Vinegar instead of the tarragon and def double the pickling brine

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Based on Zackorama's review, I doubled the pickling brine amount cited in Alton's recipe.
By golly it was the perfect amount of fluid for 2 quart jars. It pays to read the reviews!

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After carefully following the recipe, and my quart jars were full as can be with beets and onions, the broth came up way short. It turned out to be a little more than one jar's worth of broth or juice or whatever you call it. Now I guess one jar has twice as much sugar, etc. as it's supposed to have. I did everything the recipe said exactly. What a waste of two hours and all my garden beets.

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I've been making this recipe for about 2 years and would never use another. Since you can get beets year round, we always have some of these in the refrigerator. I make a variation with golden beets using shallots instead of red onion and champagne or white wine vinegar without tarragon to go with the milder flavor of the golden beets. It is spectacular and serving the red and golden pickled beets side-by-side in a divided dish makes a great presentation.

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OMG Mr.Brown this is awesome and super deluxe easy. We LOVE IT! My dearest friend from childhood is long standing German girl with grandparents steeped in traditional foods her comment "this tastes like Grandma Sadie used to make!". Your recipe "brought her home". I boiled the beets vs. roasting and used apple cider vinegar. After 3 days we tried them,my husband thought they were too "vinegary" and suggested more sugar. After 7 days we opened the jar.... it was perfect no extra sugar added. I made more this weekend and can't wait to pop the top next Saturday.

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Wow, first time pickling beets and now I never need to find a different recipe. Thanks AB....

P.S.... After ten p.m. and looking for something sweet to nibble on... Try these beets.

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I am a beet hater but finally, this turned me around. I already love pickled onions so that was a bonus. I found a recipe to make taragon vinegar and it turned out great. It got rid of that moldy dirt taste that beets always have. That's what made me hate them to begin with. Beets are great brain food and help to stop alzheimer's and dementia. Enjoy and stay healthy.

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I tried this recipe for the first time tonight and I loved it! We grilled for dinner, so I used the grill to roast beets and turnips that I recieved from a friend's garden, then used Alton's recipe with apple cider vinegar as aI substiution. I couldn't wait and tried them after only a few short hours and all I can say is WOW!!! Fantastic!!!! How does anyone wait thte 3 to 5 days???? Thanks Alton! This ia my new "go to" pickling recipe! :