Cwikla
Ingredients
- 3 cup beets, cooked or canned, sliced
- 1 T fresh horseradish, grated (or use about 4 t prepared horseradish)
- 8 whole cloves (or use about 1/2 t caraway seed)
- 2 cup vinegar
- 1 T brown sugar
- 2 t salt
Instructions
Yield: 4 servings. Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves. Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. NOTES: Pickled beets -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. Yield: Serves 4-6.