Sauerkraut is one of the most popular winter types of a garnish or snack. There is a set of instant recipes of such dish among which very unusual come across.
Cabbage with raisin and apples
For preparation it is required:
- a white cabbage – 5 kg;
- apples – 0.5 kg; - carrots – 300 g; - raisin – 100 g; - salt – to taste. At first it is necessary to clean heads of cabbage from a topmost leaves. It is important that dark and sluggish leaves didn't get to a dish, otherwise the taste can significantly worsen. The washed-out and dry-through cabbage should be chopped a sharp knife with a long edge, to place in a big bowl and to salt. To rumple slightly hands that juice was emitted.
Further it is necessary to wash out and peel carefully carrots, to dry and grate (the carrots will be brighter on color, the more beautiful the dish will turn out). Apples also to wash, dry, cut on 4 parts and to remove sunflower seeds and seed boxes. Raisin should be washed out in a colander and to dry a towel.
With cabbage to add raisin, apples and carrots to a bowl, it is good to mix everything and, slightly stamping, to shift mix in the big enameled pan. To cover from above with cabbage leaves. From above on preparation it is necessary will put a press and to leave in such look for 3 days. Fermentation process will begin, and in a pan foam which needs to be removed by means of a spoon or a skimmer will be formed. It is possible to pierce also periodically cabbage in several places a long wooden stick to release the gases which are formed at fermentation. In 3 days the cabbage needs to be placed in a cold spot and to leave for few weeks. It is necessary to store ready sauerkraut in the glass jars closed by covers.
Fast cabbage with pepper
Such dish will help an organism with fight against superfluous in kilograms. For preparation it is required: - cabbage – 2 kg; - carrots – 6 pieces; - paprika – 6 pieces; - onion – 1 piece; - garlic – 1 piece; - salt – 50 g; - sugar – 100 g; - vegetable oil – 200 ml; - vinegar – 150 ml; - water – 1 l; - the black pepper ground – to taste. At first it is necessary to wash out and dry well cabbage, having removed a topmost leaves from a head of cabbage. In this case it is necessary not to chop, and to cut cabbage large pieces about 4 cm long. Carrots, prepeeled and washed out, are grated or as paprika, is cut by large straws. Onions should be peeled from a peel and to cut half rings, and garlic – either to press through, or to cut thin circles. In the big enameled capacity it is necessary to put layers cabbage, carrots, pepper, onions and from above – garlic. Further to prepare gas station: in hot water to dissolve salt, sugar, to add vinegar, to pour in vegetable oil, a little sprinkling pepper. Carefully to mix everything. Fill in with the received mix vegetables. In a day cabbage will be already ready-to-serve. It is the best of all to store it in glass jars in the fridge.