Pickled Eggs with Beets
This old-fashioned Appalachian recipe for pickled eggs uses beets, vinegar, and pickling spice for sweet-tangy flavor and beautiful color.
Ingredients
- - 12 hard-boiled eggs
- - 2 cups apple cider vinegar
- - 1.5 cups sugar adjust to taste
- - 1.5 tbsp pickling spice
- - 2 cans beets
- - 1 cup vinegar + 1 tbsp salt for boiling eggs
Instructions
- Boil eggs with vinegar and salt. Peel.
- In same pot, simmer cider vinegar, sugar, spice, and beets for 15 min.
- Place eggs and beets in jar. Pour hot brine over.
- Refrigerate at least 7 days before eating.
Notes
- Keep refrigerated at all times.
- Flavor deepens over time.
- Flavor deepens over time.
