Sauerkrauben

Sauerkraut is fermented, salted cabbage that tops a blistery dog, tucks successful adjacent to Thanksgiving turkey (especially if you're from Baltimore) and layers connected a Reuben sandwich. Sauerruben is sauerkraut's cousin, the aforesaid method applied to turnips. Marry the 2 and Sauerkrauben is born. All the silkiness of fermented cabbage, each the crispness of fermented turnips; usage it conscionable similar sauerkraut.

You'll request 2 cleanable quart jars, preferably wide-mouth.

The cabbage-turnip substance needs to beryllium salted overnight. The Sauerkrauben needs 2 weeks to ferment. The Sauerkrauben tin beryllium refrigerated for a period oregon more.

Ingredients

From Cathy Barrow, writer of "Mrs. Wheelbarrow's Practical Pantry: Recipes and Techniques for Year-Round Preserving" (Norton, November 2014).

Tested by Cathy Barrow.

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