Sauerkraut

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Salt-pickled cabbage.


Ingredients:

5 lbs cabbage


1.6oz salt (kosher or sea salt. ~3.5 T)


cheesecloth


Method:

shred cabbage


mix cabbage with salt, and let stand 5 min


pack cabbage in a sterilized glass jar, packing down with a potato masher


let ferment at room temperature for 3 weeks, skimming foam and any cabbage that turns brown off the top every other day


transfer to smaller jars and refrigerate, keeps up to 12 months in refrigerator


Yield:

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