Place the ferment in the jar pressing out all air-pockets. You may also use a food processor for this purpose it certainly makes life easier.
Take the jar and place in one handful of cabbage then press the cabbage.
Fermenting cabbage in a mason jar. If there arent enough juices to cover the vegetables top them off with water. 982020 Half Gallon Glass Mason Jar 64 Oz 2 Quart 4 Pack Wide Mouth for Fermenting. 6232017 Move it to the fermentation vessel – Stuff the cabbage very tightly into the jars or fermentation crock.
632018 The first step to ferment cabbage in a jar is to wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly as you would be using your hands to mix salt in the cabbage. Making your own fermented pickles is easy especially if you have a mason jar or ten lying around the house. A lot of cabbage will fit into a Mason jar.
832011 Stir in salt and pour the mixture into a fermenting vessel leaving at least 3 inches of space at the top of the jar. Cover the mouth of the jar with cheesecloth and a rubberband. After you have packed your jars youre ready for your fermenting top.
Place a weighted lid on the jar and let the ferment sit at room temperature for a few days tasting it each day until it is as tart as you like it. Failure to release these gases can result in excess pressure inside the jar leading to a possible and probable explosion. 622017 In addition to having to repeatedly remove the lid to scrape off scum mason jars using standard lids for fermentation must be constantly burped to allow gases created during the fermentation process to be expelled.
Use the cabbage leaves you set aside in the beginning to put on top of the sauerkraut to full submerge the sauerkraut under the brine. It should taste tart lightly salty and cabbagey. 4222015 Simply fill a jar that is appropriately sized to the ferment mixture you have.
Do I Need to Refrigerate My Homemade Sauerkraut After fermenting for 3-4 weeks. Cut the bottom of the cabbage in two parts and put each in. Leave at least a 2 inch head-space for cabbage to expand.
It also makes them simply more delicious with a tart tang that you can only get from lactic acid bacteria. This mason jar is the perfect vessel for making large quantities of fermented food and drinks such as kombucha kefir sauerkraut kimchi and much more. About 1 – 2 mm.
If needed add just enough water. Pour any liquid from the bowl into the jar. 2 Discard the outer wilted leaves.
When selecting a fermentation weight compare the size of the fermenting jar mouth included to the diameter of the weights to ensure they will fit in the jar. Crushing the cabbage will make even more brine for your cabbage. 1212017 Once all of the cabbage has been placed into jars use either a pickle pebble or another smaller mason jar filled with pebbles or dried beans to weigh down the cabbage and allow the cabbage to remain submerged in liquid.
Mason jar with a white lid and a baggy liner to help hold fermenting cabbage under the brine Mason jar with a white lid and an airlock installed you can pick airlocks up for a dollar or three at your local hardware or home brew store Mason jar with a metal lid and an airlock installed and a salsa jar as long as you install an airlock in it. 1262021 Pack the cabbage into a sterilized quart-sized mason jar and add the brine. A simple head of cabbage will fit nicely in one quart or two pint jars.
Place on counter to. Using a chopstick or nonreactive knife release any trapped air bubbles. These weights are designed for fermenting so are made of materials safe to use with your cultured foods such as ceramic or glass.
Pour water into the jar until the cabbage is well covered. Slice each quarter into small strips somewhere between ⅛- and -inch wide. 4102015 Toss salt and shredded cabbage in a bowl until well combined.
1292020 The cabbage near the surface tends to float so when fermenting in a mason jar you need to either tamp down the cabbage a few times a day or place a large outer leaf of cabbage over the surface of the shredded cabbage to hold it down. 3222017 Evenly distribute sauerkraut and brine into two mason jars. 2272021 Shred cabbage finely with a sharp knife or using a mandoline.
The fermentation jars sizeable body and wide mouth make it easy to pickle huge portions of foods. Add your pickle helix and air. Make sure that your jars are packed and that the brine comes up over the cabbage.
Prepare your cabbage by removing any discolored outer leaves and then quarter your cabbage and cut out the core. Pack cabbage into a jar. Fermenting foods like cabbage and other vegetables make nutrients more bioavailable and render the vegetables more digestible.
Seal tightly with the lid. 8112017 For this fermentation method youll want to pick up a wide-mouth Mason jar. Your fermented cabbage should smell pleasantly sour.
We like it really thin.
