Scary, I know. But you can do it! Once you try Your Own Sauerkraut, you will be totally grossed out by the stuff in the bag at the grocery store. This is a great time of year to to make it too. All you fellow Polish folks out there will appreciate having some homemade kraut on Easter!
This is a classic way to prepare cabbage, and it’s also one of the most healthful! Fermented veggies are one of the least popular preparations in the US, but they are very prevalent in Asian and Middle Eastern diets. Sauerkraut, kimchi, and miso are fairly mainstream, but outside of that we just don’t see much in terms of fermentation.
Fermenting 001: The addition of salt to the vegetable or brine preserves the food through lacto-fermentation. During this process, the bacteria that is on the surface of the cabbage is slowly converted to lactic acid in the salty solution. The solution allows beneficial bacteria to flourish (the same probiotics that are present in yogurt and kefir), and keeps out the gross ones. This means that anything submerged in the brine will ferment nicely, but anything above the liquid level is fair game for all those aerobic bacteria to start an art project on. These probiotics live in your intestinal track and affect your internal environment and overall health and wellbeing.
There are only 2 ingredients, and just 1 rule. The ingredients? Cabbage and salt. The rule? Keep it submerged!
Ingredients :
1 medium head of cabbage- I like to use red cabbage because I like the color
1.5 Tbsp Kosher salt
Equipment:
2, 1-liter Mason jars (wide mouth preferred), or a fermenting crock
2 smaller jars that will fit inside the large jars. These smaller jars will be weighted with water, sand, rocks, etc. Anything that will give it some weight.
Directions :
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