Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, sauerkraut. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Sauerkraut is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Sauerkraut is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Sauerkraut is probably the most well-known lacto-fermented vegetable. Whether you add a secret ingredient to your homemade sauerkraut or keep it basic, kraut has a slew of health benefits. For uncut fermented cabbage, see whole sour cabbage.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have sauerkraut using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Sauerkraut:
- Prepare 1 head spring cabbage, about 450-500g when shredded
- Take 1 medium carrot
- Take 3 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
- Make ready 10 g good quality sea salt
- Get 1 dried chili, deseeded and snipped into little pieces with scissors
- Prepare 1 tsp caraway seeds
- Take 1 tsp black mustard seeds
- Make ready 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
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Steps to make Sauerkraut:
- This amount of cabbage makes less than one 1 litre jar, kilner or an ordinary jar with a well-fitting lid.
- Shred the cabbage quite finely, discarding any blemished outer leaves but save one. Julienne or coarsely grate the carrot.
- Place the vegetables with the garlic in a large bowl, add the salt and rub it into the cabbage with your hands for a couple of minutes. Cover the bowl with a clean cloth and leave for a few hours, up to overnight.
- Rinse the jar with boiling water. Add the spices and chili and toss them through the cabbage with your hands. Put the cabbage into the jar in four or five goes, packing it tightly in with a handle of a wooden spoon or a meat mallet. Pour any left juices over the top.
- Rinse the spare leaf and press it into the jar on top of the cabbage – ideally there should be enough juice to cover it, the leaf is there to keep it immersed. Weigh the leaf down with a clean large pebble, a cup or a small bowl, anything that will fit into the jar. Leave it open but cover with a piece of muslin or a clean cloth.
- After 24 hours check if the cabbage has not floated to the top, press it down again with the wooden spoon to get rid of any trapped air, recover with the leaf, bowl and the cloth and keep it in a cool, darkish spot. The fermenting will take between 1 – 3 weeks, depending on the season and the temperatures.
- After a week start tasting the sauerkraut. When it’s sour and tart enough for you, discard the leaf, close the jar with the lid and keep the sauerkraut in the fridge.
Simple fermentation process rich in probiotics and enzymes. If you crave the distinctive flavor of sauerkraut, learn to make the fermented cabbage at home. Plan ahead if you'd like to ferment the sauerkraut in the traditional manner. Sauerkraut is made from chopped fermented cabbage and spices, which give it a slightly sour taste. Learn more about its benefits and how to make classic sauerkraut.
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