How to make sauerkraut in a jar, simple preparation with peppers and carrots - step-by-step recipe with photos.

For 1 kg of cabbage, take 300 g of carrots and 200 g of bell pepper.

For the brine: for 1 liter of cold water, 1 tablespoon of salt.

How to ferment cabbage in jars for the winter.

Remove the top leaves from the forks, wash the carrots, and remove the seeds from the washed peppers.

Then, chop the cabbage (straws or small cubes) and pepper, grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

Mix everything, but do not knead.

Divide the mixture into the jars as tightly as possible. You can use 3-liter ones, but 1-2 liter jars are more convenient to use and store.

Pour brine into the preparations. To prevent the cabbage from floating, it’s a good idea to put wooden ice cream sticks or plastic cotton swabs into the jars, on top of the cabbage, which you first remove from the cotton wool.

For 2-3 days, while the cabbage is “fermenting,” pierce it with long sharp objects and thus free it from the resulting gases. It is better if these are not metal objects.For example, it could be a plastic knitting needle.

When the workpiece “calms down,” cover the jars with lids and put them in the refrigerator.

Before serving sauerkraut, you can add garlic or onion to it. In general, vary according to your own taste.

Crispy, aromatic cabbage won’t drag you away by the ears. And if you put steaming, crumbly potatoes next to it, then even more so. Delicious sauerkraut in a jar prepared according to this recipe will delight you in winter not only with its taste, but will also be pleasing to the eye with its colorful colors.