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Allow it to ferment. After that you just need to check your sauerkraut once a day and keep on eye out for a few things all explained in the directions below.
No bacteria or culture starter is needed to get the sauerkraut to ferment.
Fermenting sauerkraut in mason jars. When making sauerkraut in a crock you usually place a weighted plate over the cabbage to pack it down and keep it submerged. When fermenting in a mason jar inserting a smaller jelly jar filled with rocks or marbles in the mouth of the larger jar serves the same purpose. Why i stopped fermenting sauerkraut in mason fido jars reason 1 mason jars are a pain for bulk filling en masse this may seem like a minor point but when you ve finely sliced 3 heads of cabbage salted it left it to wilt and then want to pack it tightly into jars having a sh t ton of jars to fill becomes a real pain.
Supplies you ll need to ferment sauerkraut in a mason jar. 16 oz mason jar or 16 oz wide mouth mason jar. Fermentation weight to fit your mason jar.
Standard metal mason jar lid optional silicone fermentation airlock lid. Metal mason jar screw band or rust free plastic screw band. Mixing bowl how to make lacto fermented sauerkraut.
Make sauerkraut in a mason jar. For this fermentation method you ll want to pick up a wide mouth mason jar. A simple head of cabbage will fit nicely in one quart or two pint jars.
Prepare your cabbage by removing any discolored outer leaves and then quarter your cabbage and cut out the core. After you ve assembled your fermenting jars with your cabbage then you re ready to let the cabbage ferment. Sauerkraut is done in about 7 14 days.
Remember when i said we re dealing with live bacteria. Since this is a live culture it will be affected by it s environment. So it could take 7 days or it could take a little longer.
Stuff into your mason jar. Allow it to ferment. No bacteria or culture starter is needed to get the sauerkraut to ferment.
After that you just need to check your sauerkraut once a day and keep on eye out for a few things all explained in the directions below. Make it once and you will have it down for the. Place massaged cabbage into wide mouth mason jars.
Place a weight on top of cabbage i use pickle pebbles but you can also just use a smaller mason jar filled with dried beans cover jars with cheesecloth. Check for 24 hours. Ferment for 3 10 days.
Remove cheesecloth replace with mason jar lids. How to make sauerkraut in a mason jar. This recipe makes a half gallon of sauerkraut.
Simply cut the recipe down if you wish to make smaller amounts. 1 large head cabbage about 3 or 4 pounds 3 tablespoons of real sea salt buy here filtered water 1 2 gallon mason jar wide mouth buy here fermenting lid optional buy here. The pickle packer has been specifically designed for small batch fermentation of sauerkraut and other veggies in both wide mouth and regular mouth mason jars.
Measuring 10 tall 2 5 at the wide end and 2 at the opposite end our unique design allows both ends to be used for packing vegetables for your ferments.