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Summertime is a great time for tart-sweet pickles — including these pickled beets. Serve them as you would pickled cucumbers, as a condiment or part of a relish tray. Peel beets with a vegetable ...

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Pickled beets are beets that have gone through a pickling or fermentation process. Pickled foods are preserved in an acidic solution, then sealed in a sterile jar or can so they won’t spoil. Beets are ...

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Instructions: Heat oven to 375 degrees. Wash beets; toss them with vegetable oil. Place in baking dish with 1/4-inch of water; wrap tightly with foil. Roast until beets can be easily pierced with ...