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finished sauerkraut product

Basic Sauerkraut

Simple Sauerkraut with two ingredients.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Recipes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 head of cabbage
  • 1.5 TBSP salt
  • Large jar or two 32oz mason jars
  • Fabric or silicone fermenting lid for jar topper
  • Fermenting weight or baggie filled with water

Instructions
 

  • 1. Wash and thinly shred cabbage and put in large bowl. Save a piece of the outer layer.
  • 2. Add a little bit of salt and knead into cabbage.
  • 3. Taste as you go, adding more salt. Cabbage should get watery and limp.
  • 4. Let stand in bowl for 45 minutes.
  • 5. again and press into jar with 2-3 inches of space at the top.
  • 6. Top with intact piece of cabbage (from outer layer), covering the kraut. Weigh down with weight to keep the kraut under the brine (watery stuff).
  • 7. Leave it for at least 10 days to ferment and enjoy! (1 month is better!).

Notes

I prefer to let mine ferment for at least 10 days.
Keyword fermenting, sauerkraut