Finnish Beet Salad

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 medium beets
• 6 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons vinegar

Recipe

• 1 cut off beet tops, leaving about 2" left in place.
• 2 heat water and salt to boiling and add beets.
• 3 bring back to a boil, reduce heat to medium.
• 4 cover and cook about 45 minutes.
• 5 remove hot beets and plunge into a sink full of icy cold water.
• 6 slip off the beet skins and root end.
• 7 cut beets into 1/4" chunks.
• 8 in medium saucepan, mix brown sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
• 9 stir orange juice in gradually, while whisking to combine the cornstarch mix.
• 10 cook slowly, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and boiling.
• 11 stir in beets and heat until hot.
• 12 serve immediately.