Name: Spiced sweet & sour pickled beetroot
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Fills 1 large kilner jar
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1kg small-medium sized raw beetroot; 200g caster sugar; 300ml white wine vinegar; 2 star anise; 3 cloves; 2 allspice berries; 2 bay leaves; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (optional); 1 tbsp olive oil

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Spiced sweet & sour pickled beetroot

Spiced sweet & sour pickled beetroot

Barney Desmazery

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Fills 1 large kilner jar

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 20 mins

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Forget crinkle-cut versions, this light pickle is sweet and rich - perfect with cold meats, salads and punchy cheeses

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Ingredients

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1kg small-medium sized raw beetroot
200g caster sugar
300ml white wine vinegar
2 star anise
3 cloves
2 allspice

berries
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

(optional)
1 tbsp olive oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal52
fat0.5g
saturates0.1g
carbs10g
sugars10g
fibre1.4g
protein1g
salt0.1g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Trim the leaves and most of stalks off the beetroot, leaving a stump of stalk on each. Wrap the beetroots individually in pieces of foil and place on a baking tray. Roast for 1 hr 15 ins or until the point of a sharp knife can be easily inserted then leave to cool.
step 2

Unwrap, peel and trim the stalks away from the beetroot. Leave the small ones whole and cut larger ones in half and pack them into a large sterilised kilner jar.
step 3

Tip the sugar, white wine vinegar, 200ml cold water the spices and bay leaves into a sauce pan and bring to the boil. Turn down to a simmer and bubble gently, stirring, for 2 mins until all the sugar has dissolved. Turn off the heat and add the balsamic if using.
step 4

Carefully pour the hot vinegar, spices and bay over the beetroot (you might not need it all) and leave to cool uncovered. Once cool pour the olive oil over, seal the jar and keep in the fridge for up to a month.

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