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2-3 beets, cleaned and trimmed from Prairie Sun Farms
1 cup organic cane sugar from Kraay’s Market & Garden
2 cups apple cider vinegar vinegar from Kraay’s Market & Garden
4 eggs from a local farmer like Squash Blossom Farm
Pickled beet juice, about 1 cup
Boil beets, until tender but not soggy. Let cool and thinly slice, approx. ⅛” thick
While cooling beets, warm up vinegar and add sugar, stir until hot, dissolving all the sugar. Turn off heat and cool slightly.
Pack beets in quart mason jar or bowl with cover for refrigerator storage only. Pour pickling liquid over beets until fully submerged. Let cool in fridge for 12 hours before tasting.
To hard boil eggs, bring a saucepan ¾ filled with water to a boil. Add eggs and cook for 8 minutes. Remove from water and submerge in ice bath to cool, then remove from shell and rinse.
Take eggs and place in a jar, pouring pickling juice from beets over the eggs. Refrigerate for a few hours, up to 2 days.
Remove from liquid, slice, and enjoy!
