Tips For Storing And Canning Red Beets

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

Red beets are a very useful vegetable. It contains important nutrients, and it is a very strong opponent of cancer cells. And like all other vegetables, we can preserve beets for the winter so that they are always at hand.

This vegetable is brought to our country from the Mediterranean countries. Beets have the power to cleanse the body of toxins. In the kitchen it can be prepared in any way - baked, stuffed, boiled, pickled, marinated and many others. It is important when storing beets or other vegetables to take into account temperatures and humidity. We also need to know how and under what conditions beets can be canned. Here are some recipes for canning beets:

1. Red beets with garlic

The first recipe is with grated beet juice, and for it you will need: a liter of water, garlic cloves / the amount is optional /, 50 g salt, 50 g sugar, 100 ml vinegar and 1 kg beetroot.

Your first job is to bring the water to a boil, then peel the garlic and blanch it in it. After blanching, the garlic cloves are cooled with cold water and the water in which they were blanched is not discarded. Distribute the cooled garlic in jars.

Grate the beets on a fine grater and pass through a sieve. From the water you used for the garlic, take 500 ml and mix it together with the beet juice and all the other ingredients. Put the grated beets on the garlic. Then the mixture with water and juice is poured evenly into the jars and boil for 5-10 minutes.

2. Pickled red beets

If you want to make a pickle from beets, the way is as follows: a few large heads of beets are cleaned well, the green part is removed, washed well, but not peeled. Boil for about 3-4 hours until completely softened. When they are ready, peel the beet heads and cut them into slices, which should be thin. Arrange the finished washers tightly in jars. You will need 3 liters of water, 280 g of salt and 300 ml of vinegar. These products are used to make brine, which is used to fill jars, but it must be well cooled.

3. Frozen red beets

Photo: Yordanka Kovacheva

In addition to the above methods beets it can also be frozen. For this purpose you should use beets, which are of high quality and good appearance. It is important to prepare them well before freezing them. You need to clean and wash the beets very thoroughly. Then blanch. After blanching, cool. By the way, we forgot to say that the shape in which it will be cut is optional, and maybe whole - depending on the size. After blanching, they are cooled and placed in envelopes carefully, after which the air is expelled from the envelopes. The finished envelopes are placed in the freezer and can be at hand when you need them.