Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange

Name: Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange
Prep time: 10 d
Cook time: 10 d
Total time: 10 d
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps pickling spice (cinnamon, mustard seed, allspice berries, cloves, black peppercorns etc.); 6 mediums beets (trimmed, peeled and sliced in 1/8-inch rounds); 1 knob 1-inch knob ginger (peeled and cut into matchsticks); 1 medium zest of orange; 1 Tbsp raw honey; 2 servings vegetable starter culture

Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange is a gluten free and dairy free side dish. This recipe makes 2 servings with 244 calories, 9g of protein, and 2g of fat each. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pickling spice, knob ginger, orange zest, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 12 minutes.

Instructions

Dissolve vegetable starter culture into one-half cup filtered water and whisk in honey until the honey is thoroughly incorporated into the water. Allow the starter to sit at room temperature for about five minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients.Toss together beets, ginger, orange zest and pickling spice together in a mixing bowl.

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Water

Orange Zest

Vegetable

Ginger

Beet

Honey

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Layer this mixture into a mason jar.Cover beets with the starter culture, adding filtered water, if needed, to completely submerge them beneath the liquid. Weigh the beets down, if necessary, so they rest below the level of liquid and allow them to ferment at room temperature for three to seven days before transferring to the refrigerator.

Ingredients you will need

Filtered Water

Beet

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Canning Jar