101 pickled beet recipes

Old-world pickled beef brisket or tongue brined for 19 days with garlic, bay leaves, and pickling spices. A traditional Jewish deli-style corned beef you can make at home from scratch.

Pickled eggs in beet brine and pickling spice that turn deep purple as they sit. Pennsylvania Dutch porch classic ready after two weeks in the fridge.

Grandma Sterling's pickled eggs steep hard-boiled eggs in a cider vinegar and sugar brine with fresh-cooked beets for that classic ruby-pink Pennsylvania Dutch color and tangy-sweet bite.

Pickled or corned beef (or venison): a traditional barrel-cure brine for beef or wild game using salt, saltpeter, and molasses. Old-fashioned homesteader method for preserving large cuts.

The delicious combination of herring and beet makes this salad a winner!

Swedish-style pickled herring platter with sour cream, arranged with alternating mounds of chopped egg white, egg yolk, cucumber, pickled beets, and parsley. A no-cook Scandinavian appetizer ready in 10 minutes.

Pickled pink eggs tinted with beet juice and brined in a vinegar-pickling-spice mix with garlic and bay leaf. Classic pub-snack or potluck appetizer that gets better the longer it sits. Just six ingredients.

Traditional Swedish sillsallad with chopped herring, beets, potatoes, apple, and dill in an egg yolk dressing, served with a pink beet-sour cream sauce. A Scandinavian holiday classic.

Roast beef sandwich on pumpernickel with creamy horseradish sauce, pickled beets, lettuce, and mayo. A tangy, savory deli sandwich with an Eastern European twist.

Baltic-style beet and potato salad with herring, dill pickles, carrots, and a creamy sour cream-mayonnaise-mustard dressing. A hearty Estonian kringel salad that improves overnight in the fridge.

A classic Russian vinaigrette salad with roasted beets, boiled potatoes, carrots, green peas, dill pickles, and a tangy mustard-vinegar dressing. Served chilled as a hearty side dish.

Hollowed-out beets stuffed with sautéed kohlrabi, green olives, sour pickles, and rice, then baked with a lemon slice on top. A unique Jewish-style vegetable side dish.

Hamburg-style fish salad with poached white fish, hard-cooked eggs, dill pickles, and capers in a tangy mustard-mayonnaise-sour cream sauce. A classic North German cold lunch.

This is another popular salad from my old country, Ukraine.

Scandinavian beef patties made with ground sirloin, mashed potato, pickled beets, and capers, dredged in flour and pan-fried golden. A Nordic twist on the classic burger.

Veal cutlets pan-fried with capers and deglazed with white wine and bay leaf, finished with a creamy evaporated milk sauce. A quick German-style schnitzel variation ready in 20 minutes.