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To put it fairly simply. Sauerkraut should only contain two basic ingredients.
Sauerkraut refers to pickled cabbage.
What is sauerkraut made from. Sauerkraut is made by a process of pickling called lactic acid fermentation that is analogous to how traditional not heat treated pickled cucumbers and kimchi are made. The cabbage is finely shredded layered with salt and left to ferment. Fully cured sauerkraut keeps for several months in an airtight container stored at 15 c 60 f or below.
Sauerkraut should only contain two basic ingredients. Some varieties may also add extra vegetables but avoid those that add sugar or anything else to the mix. Sauerkraut is a tangy dish made from fermented cabbage used mainly as a condiment.
It is considered a health food as it is made from cabbage. Sauerkraut has a long shelf life and a distinctive sour flavour and is popular across the globe. Sauerkraut refers to pickled cabbage.
Translated literally it means sour cabbage the sour part comes from pickling cabbage with brine. The brine helps extract water. Because sauerkraut is made from cabbage it has many of the expected health benefits of your average leafy green.
However the fermentation process adds health benefits that are unique to. Sauerkraut a product resulting from the lactic acid fermen tation of shredded cabbage is literally acid sour cabbage. The antecedents of sauerkraut differed considerably from that prepared at present.
At first the cabbage leaves were dressed with sour wine or vinegar. Sauerkraut is probably the most well known lacto fermented vegetable. Old fashioned sauerkraut is made with thinly sliced cabbage and salt.
Like any traditionally homemade food sauerkraut can be made in a number of ways with a number of ingredients. Heating does kill the bacteria but don t let that put you off some of the delivious recipes you can make with sauerkraut you ll still be getting an excellent source of vitamins and fibre as well as that homemade flavour. Recipe from good food magazine january 2016.
Making sauerkraut at home can really save some money a jar of fermented sauerkraut can cost upwards of 7 a jar. I can make organic sauerkraut for much less than that. And the process of making sauerkraut is quite simple so the work involved doesn t mitigate the savings.
Sauerkraut is made by a process called lacto fermentation. To put it fairly simply. There is beneficial bacteria present on the surface of the cabbage and in fact all fruits and vegetables.
Lactobacillus is one of those bacteria which is the same bacteria found in yogurt and many other cultured products.