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Add in a teaspoon of caraway seeds and a teaspoon of whole mustard seeds. The cabbage releases liquid creating its own brining solution.
Small batch sauerkraut recipe i bought raw unpasteurized sauerkraut at whole foods not long ago.
Small batch sauerkraut recipe. Small batch sauerkraut recipe. December 13 2011 last updated. Sauerkraut is a nutritional powerhouse that incredibly tasty to boot.
It s the way people have been preserving cabbage for generations and is high in vitamin c. How to make small batch sauerkraut. The trick behind making only one quart of sauerkraut at a time is true leaf market s fermentation kits.
To start you ll want to thinly slice your cabbage 1 2 a head of cabbage fits in about one quart. Massage the cabbage with the salt to bruise the leaves. The key to making small batch sauerkraut is to use a wide mouth jar with a rubber gasket and wire bale.
The one i use holds about 750ml and is 100mm wide x 150mm tall. It s perfect for one head of cabbage. The wire bale allows the liquid to release from the jar during the fermentation process.
Sprinkle a tablespoon of salt onto the cabbage and work in with your fingers. Work the salt into the cabbage and let sit for a while 20 min to 2 hours. Put the cabbage into your fermenting vessel crock or a sterilized mason jar.
The cabbage should produce plenty of juice all on it s own. Small batch sauerkraut recipe i bought raw unpasteurized sauerkraut at whole foods not long ago. It is really good but it is 5 for 25 oz and that is on sale.
I am wanting to use sauerkraut as a probiotic supplement. I have been eating 1 4 1 2 cup every day. Add in a couple of whole cloves of garlic plus a sliced cayenne pepper.
Add in a teaspoon of caraway seeds and a teaspoon of whole mustard seeds. Mix the cabbage with shredded carrots peppers onions whatever is coming off in the garden. Patti than you for posting this recipe.
It is really hard to find small batch recipes especially for sauerkraut. This is my first visit to your blog so i spent some time browsing through your earlier posts. I m so glad i did that.
I really like the food and recipes you share with your readers and i ll definitely be back i hope you have a. All you need to do is combine shredded cabbage with some salt and pack it into a container a crock if you have one and want to make a lot of sauerkraut but a mason jar will do just fine for small batches. The cabbage releases liquid creating its own brining solution.
I used a small head of cabbage about 800 900 grams 1 8 lb for what i would call a small batch of sauerkraut. Remove the outer leaves that might be dirty and cut the cabbage into quarters. Remove the core and shred the cabbage into thin strips.
You can use a food processor for this.