Quick Pickled Beets
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- Prep Time10 min
- Total Time15 min
- Makes2 cups
(Photo: Erik Putz; Food styling by Lindsay Guscott; Prop styling by Catherine Doherty)
Ingredients
300 g beets, peeled and thinly sliced
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
1/3 cup water
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
Place beets in a glass bowl or jar.
Combine sugar with vinegar, water and salt in a small saucepan set over medium-high. Boil until sugar is dissolved, 1 min.
Pour vinegar mixture over beets. Let cool slightly. Cover and refrigerate for at least 6 hrs, or overnight, before serving.
Kitchen tip
Use a mandoline to thinly slice beets. If you don’t have one, carefully slice them as thinly as you can with a sharp knife.
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