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Ingredients

  • 6 medium beets, uncooked
  • cold water, to cover beets
  • 1 12 cups wine vinegar
  • 1 12 tablespoons dry mustard
  • 12 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 2 teaspoons dill seeds

Method

  • Cover whole beets with water and boil until tender.
  • Drain, reserving 1 1/4 cups of liquid.
  • When beets are cool, slice off tops and bottoms.
  • Then, using your fingers, slip off skins.
  • Slice Beets.
  • Bring vinegar and reserved cooking liquid to a boil.
  • Add mustard, salt and sugar.
  • Stir and bring to boil again.
  • Remove and set aside.
  • Arrange beet slices and onions in layers in clean, screw-top jars.
  • Add dill seeds.
  • Cover with hot vinegar mixture.
  • Tightly screw on tops.
  • Process 30 minutes in boiling water batch.
  • Cool and allow to set several days in refrigerator before serving.