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Ferment for 3 10 days. All you need is a wide mouth mason jar with a lid parchment paper and an empty and lid less 4 ounce jelly jar.
Two ingredients a little bit of muscle and some patience.
Sauerkraut recipe mason jar. 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. Place a weight on top of cabbage i use pickle pebbles but you can also just use a smaller mason jar filled with dried beans cover jars with cheesecloth.
Check for 24 hours. Ferment for 3 10 days. Remove cheesecloth replace with mason jar lids.
Two ingredients a little bit of muscle and some patience. No sanitizing is required to make homemade sauerkraut. All you need is a wide mouth mason jar with a lid parchment paper and an empty and lid less 4 ounce jelly jar.
Because it takes anywhere from 4 days to 2 to 3 weeks for the fermentation magic to happen. Working one handful at a time pack the sauerkraut into the mason jar using your fist to tamp the cabbage in tightly. Continue to do this until the jar is 75 85 full.
There should be quite a bit of liquid by the time the jar is filled. Top off the jar with additional brine from the massaging bowl. Making sauerkraut doesn t have to be a big deal.
Today rachel quickly demonstrates how to make sauerkraut in a mason jar. All you need is salt water and ca. Place the cabbage slices into the mason jar by a couple handfuls packing it down every so often with your fist or a spoon to remove as many air bubbles as you can.
Fill the jar up to 2 inches from the top. Pour any cabbage liquid from the bowl into the jar so the cabbage slices are completely submerged in the liquid. Sprinkle some on top of the cabbage before packing it into a jar.
Pack the cabbage into a crock for large quantities or a mason jar for small quantities. At the same time tamp down the cabbage using your fist to release any excess water. Pour the liquid released then seal tightly the crock or mason jar using a lid or clean cloth respectively.
This recipe makes a single quart jar of sauerkraut but you can double the recipe if you like. Try making this with red cabbage instead of white for a colorful variation the flavor is the same. 1 small to medium sized cabbage about 2 pounds 1 tablespoon sea salt or kosher salt.
How to make sauerkraut in a mason jar. This recipe makes a half gallon of sauerkraut. Simply cut the recipe down if you wish to make smaller amounts.
1 large head cabbage about 3 or 4 pounds 3 tablespoons of real sea salt buy here filtered water 1 2 gallon mason jar wide mouth buy here fermenting lid optional buy here. Soap and water or a run through the dishwasher works great for your pickle pebbles mason jar plates bowls and knives. Empty any water from the jar and place jar lid and pickle pebbles on a clean towel dry.
Chop chop rip off the outer leaves from your head of cabbage.