Homemade Sauerkraut - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    12 heads cabbage
    1/4 c. salt
Preparation
    Wash cabbage well and drain.
    Cut in half and decore.
    Slice cabbage into very thin slices.
    Mix salt with cabbage.
    Pack very tightly (stomp) into a 3 gallon stone jar.
    Make sure juice (water) is above cabbage 1/2 inch.
    Invert plate on top of cabbage to weight it under water so as not to float.
    Cover jar with cloth. Let stand for 5 days.
    Taste for sourness (if not enough, let sit a couple more days).
    Put into large pot and bring to a boil.
    Place in glass jars with seals and lids to can.

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