Sides, sauces & preserves

Beetroot

Ingredients

  • 1 kg beetroot2¼ lb beetroot
  • ¾ litre vinegar (7%)3¼ cups vinegar (7%)
  • 500 g sugar1 lb sugar
  • 1 tsp Atamon (a sodium benzoate preservative) (optional) (a preservative; can be left out if the jars are kept in the fridge)
  • 1 tbsp salt (per litre of cooking water)

Method

  1. Boil the beetroot in salted water (1 tbsp salt per litre of water) for about 35 minutes.
  2. Put them in cold water and rub the skins off with your fingers.
  3. Slice and pack into jars.
  4. Boil the vinegar, sugar and Atamon together and pour over the beetroot.
  5. Seal the jars straight away.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Rauðrófur.
1kg. Rauðrófur - 3/4 L. edik (7%) 500gr. sykur - (1tsk. Atamon)
Rófur soðnar í saltvatni, (1msk. í L. vatn) í ca. 35min. Settar í kalt vatn og afhýddar m/fingrum skornar í sneiðar og Raðað í krukkur. Lögur soðinn og hellt yfir Róf. Lokað strax