How Do You Make Pickled Eggs & Beets — A Favorite Holiday Recipe?
When I was a child my mother always served pickled eggs and beets at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter. It was a family tradition. We children loved the eggs but didn’t really believe the beets were edible. Now an adult, I like the pickled beets more than the pickled eggs-but the pickled eggs are still very good. This fool-proof recipe for pickled eggs and beets is quick and easy to make. The recipe can be prepared several days in advance of your holiday dinner. The longer the hard-cooked eggs are in the beets and beet juice the deeper the color and flavor. This article assumes that you already know how to hard-cook eggs. Drain the juice from two cans of beets into a measuring cup. Add water to the beet juice, if necessary, to make one cup. Put one cup of sugar, one cup of cider vinegar, and the cup of beet juice into a medium-size pot over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and bring to a boil. Add the beets and reduce to a simmer. Fill one half of a metal tea strainer wi
