Pickled beets for the winter - recipe and preparation. It's quick, tasty and easy to prepare (with photo)

Pickled beets are good in winter as an independent snack, as a base for soup, or for adding to vinaigrette and other salads.

Ingredients: cinnamon, Bay leaf, hot pepper, sugar, beet, salt, vinegar, black peppercorns
Time to bookmark: Winter, Summer, Autumn

To prepare the “Pickled Beets” preparation for the winter, we will need:

raw beets - 1 kg,

water - 1/2 liter,

vinegar 9% - 100 g,

sugar - 25 g,

salt - 1 teaspoon,

black peppercorns - 5 pcs.

cloves - 5 pcs.

bay leaf - 2 leaves,

cinnamon - 1 stick.

Cooking pickled beets, step by step.

Wash the beets, peel them and cook in a saucepan for 1.2-1.5 hours.

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Drain the water, cool the beets and cut them as you like: you can cubes, slices, strips, or just grate them. If the beets are small, you can pickle them whole or cut them into halves, quarters...

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In a word, in this part everything depends on your desire and imagination.

Place the chopped beets in clean jars prepared in advance.

Now, how to prepare marinade for beets.

Pour the required amount of water into the pan and bring to a boil.

After boiling, add the spices indicated in the recipe and let it boil again. You can change the quantity and composition of spices to your taste.

Pour the hot, boiling marinade into jars filled with beets, cover with lids, but do not tighten, but set to sterilize. The marinade should completely cover the beets.

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