I admit I’m a sucker for beets; I know that they are absolutely cheap to buy in their raw form, and pickling or marinating them is not difficult. That being said, I always buy some pickled beets from the store. They are just so delicious. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the Gurken Prinz Pickled Beetroot Salad at my local Costco; I already buy this company’s pickles gherkin pickles, and they are to die for, so I jumped on the occasion to try something new from the same company.
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Gurken Prinz Pickled Beetroot Salad
This jar contains 1.5 liters of pickled beets, or 50.7 ounces, and costs just $4.99. This comes down to 33 cents per 100 ml, which is a great price for anything these days, and for a delicious pickled beet salad, well!
Now, on to the salad itself. Unlike other pickled beets you may have bought before, which are usually diced or cubed, Gurken Prinz offers its pickled beets sliced thin. There are some small cubes in there, but they are definitely the exception. Despite the slices being quite thin, they still manage to retain their consistency, making them yield to the teeth just right.
They are obviously quite acidic, but not overpoweringly so, and not too salty. In fact, they are exceptionally delicious with a light sprinkling of Natural Flower Sea Salt (which you can also get at Costco).
Here are the ingredients for this pickled sweet and spicy beetroot salad:
- Red beets
- Vinegar
- Sugar
- Salt
- Caraway
- Horseradish
End of list. I doesn’t really get more natural than this. Of course, since there are no preservation agents, you have to make sure to refrigerate the container after opening it, and to eat it all within three weeks. It shouldn’t be a problem.
Each serving 100-gram serving contains only 10 grams of sugar, and 15% of your daily salt, which is really not that bad, unless you severely overindulge. Don’t look for vitamins, proteins or anything else in there. Pickled beets are the perfect side, but they’re not really nutritious.
In closing, one of the things I really like about the Gurken Prinz Pickled Beetroot Salad is that it comes from Austria. I’m not talking about the recipe, but the whole thing. Pickles, jar, label and all. It comes from the province of Burgenland, which is the smallest and least populated Austria province, on the border with Hungary. I don’t buy many products from Austria, which has a long and glorious history, so it’s fun to get something as simple as pickles from there.
