Sauerkraut is a product extremely useful and rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C. This dish increases the immunity and stress resistance of the body, strengthens the heart and reduces the level of cholesterol, and its use is especially useful to men - sauerkraut has a beneficial effect on potency. Several interesting recipes for cooking sauerkraut are waiting for you below.
Sauerkraut with beets - recipe
Ingredients:
- white cabbage - 3 kg;
- beets - 1 kg;
- boiled water - 1 liter;
- laurel leaf - 3 pieces;
- sugar - 1 cup;
- vinegar - 1 cup;
- black peppercorns - 7 pcs .;
- fragrant pepper peas - 5 pcs .;
- salt stone - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
We clean cabbage, removing the damaged leaves, then mine and cut the heads in half. Now each half is cut along into 5 parts, which in turn are cut by squares. The beets are cleaned and cut into thin plates. We connect cabbage and beets.
We make marinade: boil the water, throw spices, salt and sugar into it. On low heat, boil the marinade for about 10 minutes on low heat, and then pour in the vinegar and boil for about 1 minute. Cabbage and beets are placed in cans and filled with prepared marinade. We leave cabbage with beets at room temperature for 3-4 days. And after that it will be ready.
The recipe for sauerkraut in brine
Ingredients:
- white cabbage of late varieties - 2.5 kg;
- carrots - 400 g;
- bay leaves - 4 pcs .;
- water - 1.5 liters;
- salt - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Salt and sugar are soluble in water. It should be boiled and cooled to room temperature. Cabbage shred. Carrots are cleaned and also grinded with a large grater. Then combine vegetables and mix. Now we shift the prepared vegetables into cans, slightly tamped. Between the layers of vegetables lay laurel leaves. We pour the brine into the jars to make the cabbage completely covered. We cover the jar with a lid (not tightly, you can just put the lid on top) or gauze, folded into several layers. We put a jar of cabbage in a deep bowl or saucepan so that the brine that increases during fermentation does not pour into the table.
We leave the cabbage at room temperature for 3 days.
The optimum temperature in the room for fermenting cabbage is about 20 ° C. If the temperature is higher, the fermentation process will go faster, and the cabbage will start earlier and after 2 days it will be ready.
The simplest recipe for sauerkraut
Ingredients:
- white cabbage - 3 kg;
- a large carrot - 1 piece;
- laurel leaf - 3 pieces;
- black peppercorns - 10 pcs .;
- salt.
Preparation
Cabbage is cleaned from damaged leaves, mine and shinkuyem. Carrots three on a grater - it is possible simply on usual large, and it is possible to use a grater for carrots on- koreiski. Fold the carrots and cabbage in one large bowl or pot and mix. Now sprinkle the vegetable mixture with salt. It should be taken to your taste so much that it was just delicious, but not salted. Add the pepper and the bay leaf, gently again, everything is mixed. Now put the cabbage in a clean jar
This recipe for delicious sauerkraut can be slightly modified - cabbage can add cranberries or apples. It will also be very tasty.