Sweet And Sour Beets - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup dry white wine or 1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water, that you used to cook the beets with
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
2 cups cooked beets (sliced or diced)
1 tablespoon butter
1 -2 teaspoon grated orange zest
black pepper

Preparation

In a bowl mix together the sugar, cornstarch and salt; stir in a little of the wine or vinegar to make a smooth paste.
Slowly drizzle in the remaining wine or vinegar and the water (adding all the liquid at once can produce lumps in the cornstarch).
Transfer the mixture to a saucepan; cook over low heat stirring and scraping bottom of the pan often.
Cook until liquid is clear (about 5 minutes).
Stir in cooked beets, butter and orange zest; stir until the beets are heated through.
Season with black pepper is desired.