Quick Sauerkraut: Vinegar-Free Recipe

To preserve the cabbage in the winter, you can simply ferment it. There are a lot of ways, each of them is original and unique in its own way. A white-headed vegetable is fermented in different dishes. There are ways of long-term preparation of a ready-to-eat product, there are quick ones when crispy cabbage can be used on the third day. Fermentation with vinegar allows you to use the vegetable, in general, on the second day. Although it is not entirely correct to call such a product 100% useful.

Cooking with vinegar is especially inappropriate if you have small children. This ingredient will not benefit their health. Today we will talk about how to prepare sauerkraut without vinegar in a short time. After all, there are often cases when you want to bake pies, but there is no corresponding filling. According to the recipes below, rich in ascorbic acid, cabbage is fermented very quickly, it will be ready in a day. And from preservatives only salt and sugar are required.

How they fermented cabbage before

Our grandmothers have been preparing quick sauerkraut without vinegar for a long time. All work was carried out in the fall. They fermented vegetables in wooden barrels in huge quantities, so that they would last until the next harvest. The hostess prepared these containers in a special way, pursuing the following goals:

1. First, the barrel had to be tidied up so that all the cracks were closed.
2. Secondly, it was necessary to disinfect it before fermentation.

For this, juniper branches or dill branches with umbrellas were used. They covered the bottom of the container and poured boiling water over it. Under the influence of steam, the barrel became suitable for fermenting cabbage.

After sprinkling a portion of cabbage mixed with carrots, dill seed and salt, it was literally pounded in a barrel to tamp it well. brine in the old days, for sauerkraut, it was prepared from stumps. Having filled the contents of the barrel, they closed everything in a circle, put oppression. The fermentation process took place in a warm room. Everything happened naturally, they fermented vegetables for the winter without any chemical preservatives.

Of course, today no one harvests cabbage in such volumes for the winter. They prefer mostly glass jars. We will tell you about instant cabbage without the use of vinegar and present recipes for your judgment. But first, a few helpful tips.

It is important

1. For quick pickling of cabbage, the use of aluminum dishes made of plastic is not recommended. Galvanized and tinned containers are not suitable. It is best to use glass or enamel containers when cooking.
2. Sauerkraut is made from medium or late ripening varieties. The forks should be tight and white on the cut.
3. As a rule, a wooden circle is placed on top of the cabbage. You can also use a plate, and a regular nylon lid works well for glass jars.
4. In the old days, and even today, many housewives use cobblestones as oppression. If not, you can put a jar or a wide plastic bottle of water on top. Do not use metal utensils. Cabbage darkens from it.
5. If there is a cellar, then this is the best place to store. Although in Siberia and Transbaikalia, cabbage is stored on the street frozen.
6. Iodized salt must not be used for fermentation. Vegetables become soft, covered with mucus.
7. The brine should completely cover the top layer. Its absence leads to the destruction of vitamin C and a deterioration in taste.

Fermented recipes without vinegar

Sauerkraut recipes there are a lot of cans without vinegar. You can do it only with carrots, or you can add berries or fruits.

Number 1

To cook sauerkraut according to this recipe, we need:

• white forks - 3 kg;
• carrots - 1 or 2 pieces;
• salt - 120 grams;
• sugar - 60 grams;
• hot water.

Number 2

In this recipe for making delicious crispy cabbage are used:

• two small fork of cabbage;
• 4 carrots;
• 4 large spoons of salt;
• 1.5 tablespoons of granulated sugar;
• the brine will require 2 liters of water.

Number 3

You can use another recipe for making quick sauerkraut without vinegar. The ingredients are the same, but the amount is different:

• white cabbage 1.5-2 kg;
• carrot - 1 piece;
• salt - 3 table boats without a slide;
• allspice - a few peas;
• bay leaf - 2-3 pieces.

Number 4

Fermented with apples, cranberries, lingonberries turns out to be very tasty. In such cabbage, the number of beneficial properties becomes even greater due to additional ingredients.

We need to stock up on:

• about a kilogram of cabbage;
• apples - 1 piece;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• salt - 60 grams;
• granulated sugar - 10 grams.

If you add cranberries or lingonberries, then about 100-150 grams. Sauerkraut sauerkraut with apples and berries without vinegar has an amazing taste.

The principle of fermentation

We didn't write about how to get Instant Sauerkraut in a jar under each recipe. The fact is that the principle of fermentation is practically the same. So let's get started.

Preparing vegetables

In order for pickled vegetables without vinegar to be stored for a long time, they must be carefully prepared:

1. Let's start with cabbage. We remove the top leaves from the forks, which have even the slightest damage. The fact is that this vegetable is to the taste not only of humans, but also of insects. Then we cut out the stump. If you chop with an ordinary knife, then cut the head of cabbage into 4 parts. If a machine or a special shredder knife with two blades is used, then it is more convenient to cut the cabbage from a whole head of cabbage.
   
2. We wash the carrots from the ground in several waters, clean them, then rinse them again in water. We spread it on a napkin to dry. Vegetables must be dry before cutting. You can shred carrots in different ways, this is not reflected in the recipe, but depends on the preferences of the hostess. For slicing, you can use a regular grater with large cells, a Korean carrot grater or a food processor: whoever is more convenient.
   
3. If recipes contain apples or berries, then prepare them as well. We wash the apples, cut, choose the core with seeds. How to cut apples, decide for yourself. It can be slices or quarters. But if you want to get a finished product in a day, of course, the slicing should be fine. Use sour apples for pickling.
   
4. We sort out the berries, rinse, changing the water several times, and put them in a colander so that the excess liquid is glass.
   

How to proceed

Sprinkle the chopped cabbage with a small amount of salt (take from the norm specified in the recipe), crush the cabbage so that the juice begins to stand out.

This work can be done directly on the table or in a large basin. Then add the carrots and mix the vegetables.

If you are using a recipe with additives, then you can do different things: mix the ingredients, and then put everything together or fill the jar in layers. This applies not only to apples and berries, but also to peppers, bay leaves.

Having prepared vegetables in this way, we transfer them to jars. Tamp with a mashed potatoes.

1. Leaving the jars aside, prepare the pickle without vinegar. The water should already be boiling. Typically, the brine is prepared from 1.5 or 2 liters of water.Pour salt and granulated sugar into it, stir until the ingredients are completely dissolved. The rate is indicated specifically in each recipe.
2. We immediately pour the brine without vinegar into the jar. Hot brine pour vegetables in the event that you want to get the finished product faster. Hot water intensifies fermentation. And so, you can ferment cabbage with chilled brine without vinegar.
3. We insert a nylon lid into a jar of sauerkraut, it should be completely in brine. Above - oppression. It is more convenient to put a small plastic bottle of water. Cover with a towel and place the jar in a large dish: the brine will rise during fermentation.

The contents of the jar must be pierced with a sharp stick so that gases do not accumulate in the cabbage. In a day quick sauerkraut without the addition of vinegar, it will be ready. But if she hasn't finished a little, let it stand in the room for another day. Then we put the jar in a cold place.

Quick Sauerkraut Without Vinegar With Crunch:

Conclusion

As you can see, fermenting vegetables without vinegar is easy. And how nice it is to treat your relatives or guests to the conservation of your own work. As the people say: delicious sauerkraut there is always a place on the table both on weekdays and on holidays.

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