How to cook sauerkraut "like in barrels", but only in cans: telling a simple recipe
It is this sauerkraut that our ancestors cooked in wooden barrels, and now a way has been found to ferment it in jars. This is very convenient, since a barrel is an expensive and rare item in our time. So, all ferment!
Required ingredients
For one can, we need a little patience, and also:
- 3 kg of white cabbage;
- 2 large juicy carrots;
- 50-60 grams of salt;
- 50 grams of black peppercorns;
- 5 bay leaves (optional)
- lingonberry, cumin, or dill seed (optional).
Sourdough technology
- First, remove the upper leaves, which are not ideal, from the heads of cabbage, discard them. Remove 5 more leaves, set them aside. Shred cabbage on a shredder or cut into thin strips (or medium thickness, as you like). Three carrots on a coarse grater or cut into thin cubes.
- We spread all the chopped cabbage on a clean table, sprinkle it evenly with grated or chopped carrots. Sprinkle with salt, add peppercorns. Mix everything carefully.
- At the mixing stage, sauerkraut is slightly crushed, but in no case is it rubbed or crushed. It should be slightly salty to taste.
- Put 2-3 cabbage leaves on the bottom of an enamel bucket or other enamel, earthenware or glassware: the bottom of the container must be completely closed. To improve the fermentation process, you can put a crust of rye bread on the bottom under the cabbage leaves.
- Lay cabbage on top in layers, put bay leaves, lingonberries or caraway seeds, etc. on each layer. We crush each layer with spices strongly so that the cabbage starts up the juice.
- After laying out all the cabbage, cover it with the remaining cabbage leaves, put a wooden circle (or an enamel lid, or a large plate) on top, and oppression on it.
- For three days, cabbage should be fermented at room temperature, and it should be periodically pierced with a wooden stick to release gases.
- We stuff the finished cabbage tightly into sterile cold jars. We cover the bottom of the can with a sauerkraut leaf, on top it also needs to be closed with a sheet, and then with a plastic lid.
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