Harvard Beets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 medium beets
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
2/3 c. water
1/4 c. vinegar

Preparation

Wash and boil beets until tender.
Peel beets while warm or you may use canned beets. Cut into slices.
Mix cornstarch, salt, sugar and pepper in a 2-quart saucepan.
Gradually stir in water and vinegar.
Cook, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
Add beets.
Heat and serve.
Makes 4 servings.
With fresh beets this recipe cans well.
Be careful to measure and increase ingredients accordingly.