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Pickled beets

This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.

Ingredients

(Serves 4-6)

3 cups cooked or canned beets, sliced
1 Tbsp fresh horseradish, grated (or use 4 tsp prepared horseradish)
8 whole cloves (or use 1/2 tsp caraway seed)
2 cups vinegar
1 Tbsp brown sugar
2 tsp salt

Procedure

Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves.
Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours.

Rating

Difficulty: easy.
Time: 15 minutes preparation, 1 day pickling.
Precision: Approximate measurement OK.

Contributor

 
Original recipe passed down through the generations and 
translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by 
Edward Chrzanowski 
MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 
echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski

Recipe last modified: 1 Dec 87

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