Name: Cwikla
Ingredients: 3 cup beets, cooked or canned, sliced; 1 T fresh horseradish, grated (or use about 4 t prepared horseradish); 8 whole cloves (or use about 1/2 t caraway seed); 2 cup vinegar; 1 T brown sugar; 2 t salt

Cwikla

Ingredients

3 cups beets, cooked or canned, sliced
1 T fresh horseradish, grated (or use about 4 t prepared horseradish)
8 whole cloves (or use about 1/2 t caraway seed)
2 cups vinegar
1 T brown sugar
2 t salt

Instructions

Yield: 4 servings. Layer beets in a glass or earthenware bowl, sprinkling layers with horseradish and cloves. Boil vinegar with sugar and salt 2 minutes. Pour over the beets. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. NOTES: Pickled beets -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. Yield: Serves 4-6.