John Myers
Sauerkraut
The perfect sauerkraut recipe with a picture and simple step-by-step instructions.
- 1 kg Fresh white cabbage
- 50 g Carrots
- 20 g Kitchen salt coarse
- 0,5 teaspoon Sugar
- Caraway seed
- If you like, you can add peppercorns and bay leaf
- Remove the outer leaves from the cabbage, but keep a few nice leaves and cut into quarters. Cut out the stalk. Now plan the white cabbage finely or cut it into fine strips with the food processor. If you like, you can cut it into fine strips by hand. Roughly grate the carrot and place in an extra bowl.
- Mix the cut white cabbage with 20g coarse salt and knead vigorously until juice forms and the cabbage becomes soft. This can take a few minutes.
- Once the cabbage has been prepared, it is mixed with the shredded carrots, caraway seeds to taste and sugar. If you like, you can also add peppercorns or bay leaf, juniper berries are also possible, as everyone likes.
- Now fill the clean glasses with the herb. Always put a little cabbage in the glass and press down, the glasses do not fill up completely. The herb must be covered with liquid after pressing. Now place a clean piece of cabbage leaf, the diameter of the glass, on top of the cabbage. So that the cabbage stays under the liquid. Use a small shot glass or other small object to weigh it down. Place on the cabbage leaf and close with the lid. You can also use screw-top jars, but you can also put a small object in there to weigh down.
- Place the jars on a plate or tray at room temperature, about 5-7 days for the herb to start mitring. You can see it when bubbles form, foam or liquid can also escape. But that’s the way it should be. The herb can also start to smell. Now and then carefully open the lid so that the gases can get out. But be careful, the glass is under pressure. It is best to put a cloth over it when opening it, otherwise you might be full of sauerkraut juice. Depending on the taste, how acidic it should be, you let it stand longer in a warm place, then it becomes acidic.
- I put it in the cold after about 7 days, waited a few more days and then tried it. It was just right for us, we don’t like it too angry. The herb will keep for a few weeks in the jars if they are kept in a cool place.
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