Finnish Beet Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Cut off beet tops, leaving about 2\" left in place.
Heat water and salt to boiling and add beets.
Bring back to a boil, reduce heat to medium.
Cover and cook about 45 minutes.
Remove hot beets and plunge into a sink full of icy cold water.
Slip off the beet skins and root end.
Cut beets into 1/4\" chunks.
In medium saucepan, mix brown sugar, cornstarch, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper.
Stir orange juice in gradually, while whisking to combine the cornstarch mix.
Cook slowly, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and boiling.
Stir in beets and heat until hot.
Serve immediately.