Pickled Beetroot

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 kg beetroot
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 liter vinegar
• 1 cup water
• 3 small dried red chilies (adjust amount for desired heat)
• 1 star anise
• 6 black peppercorns

Recipe

• 1 boil beetroot (with skin on) in plain water until tender. check with a skewer.
• 2 drain and allow beetroot to cool so you can handle them.
• 3 mix all other ingredients together in a pot and heat, stirring occaisionally to dissolve sugar. do not boil. allow to cool.
• 4 peel beetroot. using rubber gloves works well. the skin should just rub off.
• 5 slice beetroot and put in jar.
• 6 pour pickling mixture over beetroot until covered.