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Traditional Harvard Beets

Traditional Harvard Beets

Dori Fritzinger

Ingredients

  • 1–1/2 cups white sugar

  • 2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons cornstarch

  • 2/3 cup white vinegar

  • 2/3 cup water

  • 4 (15 ounce) cans sliced beets, drained

  • 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons butter

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and water. Bring to a boil, and cook for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the beets to the liquid, and simmer for 30 minutes over low heat.

  3. Stir in butter, salt and pepper and remove from the heat. Serve warm or chilled.
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Dori Fritzinger

Dori Fritzinger

She lives and works with her multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honeybees, a horse and a donkey.

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