Recipes for Pickled Eggs in Pickled Beets Juice

If you are looking for a colorful, delicious treat, then you need some recipes for pickled eggs in pickled beets juice. Not only are these eggs seriously tasty, but the purple color would also do Prince proud.

We Got the Beets

In order to make any of the standard recipes for pickled eggs in pickled beet juice, you first need some pickled beets juice. So, let's pickle some beets.

There are many ways to pickle beets. First, the beets need to be cooked. Some cooks like to roast the beets first while other like to boil them. If you want to roast them, you need to wash them and trim the bottom off just a bit, but leave about an inch to a half inch of stem. Use about six beets, a sprig or two of rosemary, some fresh oregano sprigs, a shallot, or a bit of crushed garlic. Really, you could add just about anything here. Toss all the ingredients together with enough olive oil for a coating. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and put all the ingredients into a roasting pan and cover the pan tightly with foil. Roast them for about 35 minutes.

Or, you can just boil them. Take the six beets and wash them. Trim them like above, place them into a pot, cover them with water, and add a bit of salt. Boil them until they are tender.

After roasting or boiling the beets, you will need to let them cool off a touch and then remove the skins. Once the beets are cooled, slice them about a quarter of an inch thick.

Now, let's get the marinade going. You're going to need vinegar to pickle them and I like cider vinegar. For a simple beet marinade, you will need:

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons salt

For a slightly different flavor, you can substitute the salt with one teaspoon each of whole cloves, allspice, and cinnamon.

Definitely do not use the salt and the spices in the same mixture. I tried it... believe me, you do not want to do it. So either go with the spices or the salt. If you simply must add salt with the spices, use much less, like 1/4 teaspoon.

Once you have all the ingredients, place them all in a pot and bring them to a boil. Let the mixture cool. Place the sliced beets into your canning jars (you will need two standard mason jars) and pour the liquid over the beets.

Let this sit in your refrigerator for about a week. You want the beets to sit in the liquid for a while to get a good color in the marinade.

These Are Some Serious Eggs

Ok, so now you have some pickled beets. If you are not so much interested in pickling your own beets, or if you just don't have the time, you can buy a large jar of pickled beets at the store and go from there.

Now for the easy part...hard-boil some eggs. Cool them by running some cold water over them. Once they are completely cooled, take half of the beets out of the jar and add the eggs. How many eggs you add really depends on the size of the jar. If you are using a mason jar, you will only get about 3 eggs in each jar. But, if you bought a large jar of pickled beets at the store, you could probably get a half dozen or so eggs in the jar.

Some people like to peel the eggs before putting them into the jar of beet juice, but I like to leave the shells on. Which way you go here is up to you. Let the eggs sit in the liquid for a week before serving them.

Recipes for Pickled Eggs in Pickled Beets Juice

Any of these recipes for pickled eggs in pickled beets juice will give you great results. The eggs not only absorb the color from the beet juice but also take some of the flavor from the marinade as well. I like the more flavorful spice mixture--it gives the eggs a unique and subtle taste. And nothing makes your egg dishes more vivid than bright purple eggs.