I suspect we are not the only ones to return from holiday with permanent Bentley Belts adhered to our waists! As such, lean meat, chicken and salads have been on the menu at Chez Sous and as there is only so much green salad Himself will consume I had to look for alternatives. Then I remembered I had some Natreen Liquid Diet Sweetner and this recipe evolved…….
1200g cooked & peeled beetroot
8 tsp Natreen Liquid Diet Sweetner – available in most supermarkets
500mls brown grape vinegar
1 tsp pickling spices – optional
2/3 small dried chillies – optional
5ml salt
Trim the tops and bottoms of the beetroot, place in a pan and cover with water. Boil gently until soft, mine were quite big and took about an hour.
While the beets are cooking, place the vinegar, Natreen, salt and spices in a pan and simmer gently for 5 minutes for everything to infuse.
Vinegar and pickling spice
When the beetroot is cooked, drain and leave to cool. Peel off the skin, it comes away very easily – you will note that I wore gloves in order to prevent looking like an axe murderer!
Peeling the cooked beetroot
Slice or grate the beets (I did one of each) place in sterilized jars, pour in vinegar and seal. To sterilize my jars I simply wash them in the dishwasher, alternatively you can wash them well by hand, rinse and with the jars still a little wet put them in the microwave on high for 1 minute.
This makes 2 x 200g jars of Beetroot
Allow fhe pickled beetroot to stand for a couple of days before eating.
Delicious homemade beetroot, sweet with a chilli kick.
Disclaimer – I have not been paid or rewarded in any way to write this post.
Food24 did a write up on Natreen, if you would like to know more about the product click here.