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Simple Sauerkraut

Fermented

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Simple Sauerkraut

Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fermented food recipes that you can prepare at home with only a few basic ingredients. Includes the most popular Sauerkraut

Ingredients

  • 4 or 5 heads of red or green cabbage (shredded)
  • ¼ cup sea salt
  • 3 or 4 heads of cabbage (shredded)
  • 2 or 3 apples (peeled and coarsely chopped)
  • 3 tablespoon caraway seeds
  • 3 tablespoon Juniper berries (crushed)
  • ¼ cup sea salt
  • 12 cups fresh tomatoes (chopped)
  • 2 cups chilies (seeded and chopped (Jalapeños and Serranos are good choices))
  • ¼ cup dried oregano
  • 2 tablespoon cumin
  • 8 garlic cloves (chopped)
  • 2 onions (chopped)
  • ¼ cup sea salt
  • 1 gallon 16 cups pickling cucumbers, nonwaxed
  • 2 bunches of fresh dill
  • 16 cloves garlic (whole and peeled)
  • 3 tablespoon pickling spices (peppercorns, mustard seeds, bay leaves, cloves)
  • 5 or 6 tablespoon sea salt
  • 2 heads of Napa cabbage
  • 2 Daikon radishes (peeled and sliced)
  • 5 carrots (peeled and sliced)
  • 1 bunch of scallions (sliced)
  • A 2-inch piece of fresh ginger (minced)
  • 16 garlic cloves (chopped)
  • ¼ cup fish sauce
  • ½ cup chili paste (to taste)
  • 1 ¼ cups sea salt
  • 4 large or 6 medium beets (peeled and chopped roughly)
  • 5 tablespoon sea salt
  • 10 lb parsnips (peeled and julienned)
  • ¼ cup sea salt
  • 16 peaches (cored and chopped coarsely)
  • 2 cups raisins
  • 2 cups pecans (chopped)
  • 2 ½ tablespoon sea salt
  • Juice of 5 lemons
  • 4 onions (finely chopped)
  • 4 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 4 hot peppers (fresh or dried, chopped)
  • 4 apples (cored and diced)
  • 4 cups cauliflower florets
  • 4 carrots (peeled and diced)
  • 8 green onions (sliced thinly)
  • 3 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
  • 8 tablespoon sea salt

Instructions

shred

  1. Place the shredded cabbage little by little in your fermentation jar, pounding it vigorously and sprinkling some with the sea salt as you go.

add

  1. Make sure the mixture fills the jar up to no more than 1 inch below the top (because of the expansion), adding more if needed, and that the extracted water covers the vegetables entirely. If not, create a brine of 2 tablespoons sea salt to 4 cups water and add it to the cabbage.

press

  1. Press the vegetables and keep them under the brine by placing a plate or a lid on top weighted down by a rock or a jug of water. Cover with a clean towel if needed to keep out fruit flies.

place

  1. Place the fermentation jar in a warm spot in your kitchen and allow the sauerkraut to ferment for 7 to 10 days.

check

  1. Check on it from time to time to be sure that the brine covers the vegetables and to remove any mold that may form on the surface.

refrigerate

  1. A good way to know when it’s ready is to taste it during the fermentation process and move it to the refrigerator when you’re satisfied with the taste.

Nutrition

Serving size
1 serving
Calories
227 kcal
Fat
1 g
Saturated fat
0.3 g
Unsaturated fat
0.4 g
Sodium
7237 mg
Carbohydrates
53 g
Fiber
23 g
Sugar
29 g

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