Cwikla
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Beets, cooked or canned, sliced |
| 1 | tablespoon | Fresh horseradish, grated (or use about 4 t prepared horseradish) |
| 8 | Cloves, whole (or use about 1/2 t caraway seed) | |
| 2 | cups | Vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Brown sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Salt |
Directions
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.
NOTES:
* 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. Yield: Serves 4-6.
: Difficulty: easy.
: Time: 15 minutes preparation, 1 day pickling.
: Precision: Approximate measurement OK.
: 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@... or
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