Sauerkraut - a dish, without which we can not do any winter lunch. So it opened in our family that the sauerkraut, which is considered a storehouse of vitamin C, we have to add the vinaigrette and sculpt dumplings with her, and just as the salad, put on the table are used to.
For several years, I use the same recipeAnd he fell in love with me that prepared without the addition of vinegar and in just three days. So, to him and dedicate this article, I am sure, many such quick and tasty cabbage have to "taste".
I must say that you will need for this recipe is absolutely standard set of products and tools, and Namely, cabbage, carrot, water, salt, sugar, black pepper, bay leaf, a knife or a special shredder.
Next - it's simple. We cut the cabbage as your heart desires - large, small, can be cut into small pieces half, and the rest - bigger. Appearance cabbage plays no role, so in this case be guided only by their own taste preferences. Of course, a special shredder such a choice does not provide - all finely shred, but, most importantly, fast.
Carrot rub on a coarse graterUsually one Kapustin average take-Q 2, juicy carrots. Then everything is mixed and, if cut cabbage different sizes, laid with large and small pieces in a jar layers. If all the same finely chopped cabbage, a well-tamped it, you can help yourself in this tolkushkoy or with his fist, but then, unless the hand in the jar as you like.
In the three-liter jar will be enough 1 l of water and 2 tbsp. l. salt, Cabbage fill it with brine, and the liquid to be distributed uniformly, can poke cabbage fork.
Put the jar in a bowl and "forget about it" for a couple of days. Only, of course, not in the literal sense of the word - well, if you regularly cabbage "poke" a fork.
As time passes, the entire brine, both from banks and from the bowl, poured into a separate pot, add 2 tbsp. l. sugar, pepper and bay leaf, then pour back into the jar with cabbage and put it in the refrigerator. The very next day, the dish will be ready!
Sauerkraut on this recipe turns out crisp, juicy, with a slightly sour taste, try it, you will love it!