Pink Pickled Eggs and Beets for Easter or Anytime
Easter at our house, since I was a kid, has always included pink pickled eggs. They're fun, they're easy to make, they're pretty, and they taste delicious!
In case you're wondering, pickled eggs don't really taste like pickles. I'm not sure how to describe what they taste like, but "tangy" comes to mind. If you're not sure that you'd like them, pick up a can of beets at the store, dedicate a half-dozen eggs to the cause and give them a try. It'll be a fun experiment and you might end up loving the taste.
Follow the simple instructions below. There's a photo gallery, too, so you can see how the eggs look as they progress through several days of pickling. I think they're best at day four or five (when they're really more purple than pink) so if you're planning these for Sunday dinner, start them on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Enjoy!
Pink Pickled Eggs Recipe
ingredients and method. I include the beets in my recipe.
Pink Pickled Eggs
6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled (see "How to Hard-Boil Eggs" below)
1 cup cider vinegar
1 can whole beets with liquid (approx. 1 cup)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 small onion, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
4 whole cloves
shredded lettuce or greens
Place peeled eggs (whole) in a bowl or jar.
Mix vinegar, beet liquid, sugar, salt, onion, and cloves; pour over eggs. Add beets.
Cover and refrigerate 2 to 3 days. Slice eggs and beets; serve on a bed of lettuce or greens.
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Pink Pickled Eggs & Beets - It's Easy!
This is a great recipe to make with kids. Since the eggs need to "pickle" in the refrigerator for two or three days before they're nice and pink and ready to eat, let the kids keep an eye on them, checking them each day to see how the color changes.
Use the liquid from the can of beets in the recipe.
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How to Hard Boil Eggs
Follow these three easy steps for perfect hard-cooked eggs every time.
Step 1. Place eggs in saucepan; cover with water. Add about a teaspoon of white vinegar to the water.
Step 2. Heat the water just to a boil. Cover the pan and remove from heat. Set the timer for 10 minutes.
Step 3. After 10 minutes are up, uncover the pan and run cold water over the eggs as you empty the hot water into the sink. Run the cold water for a couple of minutes, until the eggs begin to cool. Empty the water from the pan.
The eggs are now ready to peel and use in a recipe, or store them in the refrigerator, in a covered bowl, until ready to peel and eat.
Tip: Use eggs that are a week or so old. They'll peel easier than eggs that are fresh.
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- Joan4 Joan4 Dec 11, 2009 @ 7:19 pm
- Congratulations on that gorgeous well deserved purple star! Blessed!
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Dec 10, 2009 @ 9:02 am
- Congratulations on your well deserved Purple Star. It looks so nice next to the pink and purple eggs.
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- Spook Spook Nov 21, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
- I came here long ago and remember you so kindly giving me tips about the photo gallery which I cherish. Blessed by an Angel.
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Oct 30, 2009 @ 1:30 am
- Blessed and featured on Angels Unaware!
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- blue22d blue22d Oct 21, 2009 @ 11:29 pm
- So Colorful - I am excited about trying your recipe. Five big STARS for such a lovely lens.
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- strayspay strayspay Aug 4, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
- Great Lens! I've never seen Pink Pickled Eggs before but I'm sure going to try this.
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- shajo shajo Aug 3, 2009 @ 10:37 pm
- I've never heard of pickling eggs and they turn pink too! They look lovely on that plate of shredded lettuce. I wonder if my kids would like them though, they turn their nose up at anything that looks different. Wonderful lens!
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- how-to-cook-eggs how-to-cook-eggs Jul 28, 2009 @ 11:32 am
- very interesting and helpfull thanx. 5
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- Rewards4life Rewards4life May 9, 2009 @ 8:31 am
- What a wonderful idea! These eggs look very nice! Will have to try this method next year. =)
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- 4bodyworkers 4bodyworkers May 2, 2009 @ 3:24 am
- Love the picked eggs and beets. The photography on you site is awesome. Great job!! Maybe you should enter those in a Betty Crocker contest. Or some other cooking contest.. The pics alone would make me vote for you.
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- CherylK CherylK Apr 24, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
- Awesome, awesome, awesome!! Darn, I wish I would have seen this lens before Easter...that would have been a fun treat. I love what you did with the photo gallery, too.
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- LinaRose LinaRose Apr 13, 2009 @ 3:53 pm
- I love this lens, and the way you used the photo gallery
Thank you
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- Aquavel Aquavel Apr 13, 2009 @ 1:39 pm
- I haven't had these since I was a child. They were always such a treat and I loved them! My husband has never eaten them so I'll use your recipe and make them for him sometime in the next couple of weeks. By the way, you've got the color down perfectly (as the background for the recipe)!!! I'm getting hungry now as I think about them.
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- AppalachianCountry AppalachianCountry Apr 11, 2009 @ 8:47 am
- This is such a nice lens. I remember these as a child.
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Apr 8, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
- Even Seth Godin likes pink eggs... pretty impresssive! Angel Blessings to you.
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