Beet cucumber salad ring

 
                          Beet Cucumber Salad Ring
 
 Recipe By     : Magazine
 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Molded Salads
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      16 oz can     shoestring beets
    1      env           unflavored gelatin
      1/4  c             sugar
           dash          salt
    3      tbsp          lemon juice
      1/2  small         cucumber -- thinly sliced
                         lettuce
 
 Drain beets, reserving liiquid; set aside.  In small saucepan, combine gelatin,
  sugar, and salt.  Add enough water to beet liquid to make 1  3/4 cups liquid. 
  Add to gelatin mixture.  Cook and stir over low heat til gelatin dissolves.  S
 tir in lemon juice.  Pour about 3/4 cup of the gelatin mixture into a 3 1/2- or
  4-cup ring mold.  Arrange cucumber slices in bottom of mold.  Chill both gelat
 in mixtures till larger amount is partially set.  Stir drained beets into large
 r amount of gelatin.  Spoon over cucumbers in mold.  Chill till firm.  Unmold o
 nto lettuce-lined serving plate.
 
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 NOTES : Garnish with additional cucumber slices, if desired.