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Beet Pickled Eggs
I have just arrived home after a weekend spent at the Eat, Write, Retreat 2015 food blogger conference. What a great time meeting so many people I know through social media but not in person. That has now changed. The conference put on by Casey Benedict of KitchenPLAY and Robyn Webb covered a lot of topics for food bloggers from social media, to publishing to legal issues. But don’t think for a moment that we did not eat We had plenty of food and lots of great sponsors including Calphalon, Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs, Dreamfields, Gourmet Gardens and Prosciutto Di Parma.
This post was an evolution of a Food Swap hosted at the conference and sponsored by Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs. A food swap is a food barter. Everyone who participates makes a recipe and bags it, cans it or otherwise preps it for others to take home. The idea is that one can bring an ingredient, a recipe that they have in oversupply and trade it for some other item they want to try. What a great idea! It eliminates waste, introduces one to new foods and ideas and brings one together with other like minded foodies. I met the creator of the Chicago Food Swap – Emily Paster. Emily has a ton of energy and is so passionate about food swapping. She coordinated the food swap at our conference. If you have not been to a food swap, check it out. It is so much fun.
I took the sponsors product to the fullest. I came up with an idea that absolutely made the egg shine in my recipe. I did not blend it into a cookie or a cake. I chose, instead, to transform the egg through pickling. I actually did a couple didn’t pickling recipes. This post shows you the use of beets to make Beet Pickled Eggs. I totally love the purple color infused into the eggs. The flavor is really cool too. For the food swap, I made these eggs into sandwiches. I have provided that recipe as well. Try this recipe and all your friends will be totally wowed.
Eggs sliced and dressing for sandwiches mixed.
Assembling the sandwiches.
And a good view of the final Beet Pickled Eggs.
Beet Pickled Eggs
Eggs pickled in a vinegar, beet and sugar mixture
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Beet Peeled and Quartered
- 2 Cups Beet Juice Reserved liquid
- 1 Cup White Wine Vinegar
- 1/4 Whole Onion sliced
- 1/3 Cup Granulated sugar
- 3 tsp Cumin
- 12 whole Eggs Hard Boiled
Instructions
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Simmer the chopped beets in a cup of water, covered, until tender, 30-40 minutes.
Save the beet juice cooking water for the canning.
Meanwhile, hard boil the eggs by placing the eggs in a pot full of water.
Add the eggs.
Bring the pot of water to a boil. Remove from the heat and let the eggs cook for 10 - 12 minutes.
Change out the water to cold water and let the eggs sit for a good 20 minutes.
Peel and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, add the vinegar, beet water, onion, sugar, and spices. Bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, until the sugar has dissolved and the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool a few minutes.
Pour the vinegar beet mixture over the eggs in a mason jar.
Cover the eggs completely. Add as many of the quartered beets as you can fit with the eggs in the jar Secure close the jar's cover.
Store in the fridge for at least 3 days and up to a month.
Recipe Notes
The more beet juice and beets you use, the deeper the purple color will be infused into the eggs.
ron spinabella
Great post, my name is ron spinabella and i run a great blog and twitter account. I’m going to repost it for my followers.
Peter Block
Thx.
Revathi Palani
Looks gorgeous. Love the fact that you have used beets to color the eggs instead of some artificial colors 🙂
Peter Block
It was a fun idea.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
How fun is that! Natural coloring!
Peter Block
It was cool. I also did a yellow color using curry.
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
As much as I love pickled foods I haven’t ever actually tried pickled eggs! The colour of these is absolutely fantastic. I’ll definitely be making these shortly!
Peter Block
Please let me know if you do.
Priya
I love beets and this is such a great idea to use them! I’m sure this will be attractive for kids too!
Peter Block
The color may be but beets are an acquired taste.
Mark, Compass & Fork
Great post. Isn’t beetroot just the best for coloring food (not so good for staining your clothes). Great looking eggs.
Peter Block
Very funny. It is a strong color. Where a chef’s coat when using.
Florian @ContentednessCooking
Wow, what a creative idea! Love how vibrant and colorful these look.
Peter Block
I know, the color is pretty cool Florian.
carol
This pickled egg recipe originated from the Pennsylvania Dutch, who have been making red beet eggs for generations.Now the secret is out!
Peter Block
Thank you so much for sharing. I did not know that and I love the history of food. Am I in trouble?
Happy Valley Chow
I absolutely LOVE pickled eggs and these sandwiches sound awesome as well. I feel like the chili sauce in the sauce would combine really well with the pickled eggs. Great job, totally want to try!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Peter Block
Eric, thanks so much. Why didn’t you tell me about pickling eggs. I love it!
Camila
Yummm Love eggs and I haven’t tried that way and must taste so good!!!
XO
Peter Block
The flavor is really cool. The eggs pick up the flavor nicely. The sandwich was a really good idea and the sweet chili yogurt spread was a perfect compliment for the sandwich.
christine
Wow, that color is absolutely amazing. I’m hoping a food blog conference will be near me soon. Boston has some conferences but not food specific 🙁 You’re lucky!
Peter Block
I was lucky. The conferences are very valuable. Happy to share what I learned if you want to bounce some questions off me.
Susie Gall
These eggs came dressed to impress. WOW!! I love this idea and these eggs are absolutely stunning. Beautiful job, Peter!!
Peter Block
Thx for your kind words. Good to see you again!
Renee J. (RJFlamingo)
Peter, these were absolutely delicious at the EWR15 Food Swap! I’m not normally a fan of beets, but you transformed them and the eggs into works of tasty art! It was such a pleasure to meet you and taste your food – I hope we’ll stay in touch!
Peter Block
You are so sweet. So nice to meet you as well.
Janette@culinaryginger
Pickled eggs are a very popular pub dish in England, but they look so much prettier with the beet color. Great recipe.
Peter Block
ReallY? I have another version that I made too that I will hopefully get to posting in a few weeks.
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
Thank you for reminding me about pickled eggs! Yours are so gorgeous!
Peter Block
Thx so much Dorothy.