Spicy pickled Georgian cabbage with beets - a detailed recipe for how to pickle cabbage in a jar or other container.

How to pickle cabbage in Georgian style.

Preparing pickled cabbage begins with the fact that you need to select a dense, but not large head of fresh cabbage, which is cut into several (4, 6 or 8) large pieces. You need to cut by grabbing the stalk as well. It is necessary that the cabbage leaves do not fall apart, but stick together.

Place the chopped parts into a marinating container. For this purpose, either a glass jar or any convenient enamel container will suit you.

Place finely chopped garlic between the leaves, and place thinly sliced ​​red beets on top of the cabbage layer.

It's time to prepare the brine for the cabbage. To do this, dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt and sugar in 1 liter of hot water.Add spices to the brine: a few black peppercorns and a few bay leaves. Let it simmer quietly for about five minutes and add half a glass of apple cider vinegar.

Add the prepared hot brine to the container with sliced ​​cabbage, cover it with a lid and wait 3-5 days until our preparation is soaked in the marinade. When ready to eat, the cabbage will take on a beautiful, intense pink color.

If you want Georgian cabbage with beets to sit longer and not sour, so that its taste does not deteriorate, then it is better to keep it in the cold. Where you have such a place in your house is up to you to decide.

This piquant and spicy pickled cabbage can be eaten as a stand-alone appetizer, or it can become an impressive part of another delicious winter cabbage salad you prepare. Such a beautiful pickled preparation of an unusual color will decorate any table. It is not for nothing that it is often called festive.