German · Preserve / ferment
Red Cabbage and Apple Sauerkraut
Finely shredded red cabbage fermented with apple, onion, caraway, juniper and bay, half salted dry and half in brine. The kraut turns ruby and sour, with a touch of fruity sweetness.

- YieldServes 8
- Hands-on1 h 20 min
- Total14 d
- Difficulty
Ingredients
- 900 gred cabbage, finely shredded (about 2 lb), plus a few whole outer leaves
- ½large apple, cored and thinly sliced
- ½medium-large onion, thinly sliced
- ½Mediterranean bay leaf
- 1 pinchwhole caraway seeds
- 1½juniper berries
- 1½ tbsppickling salt, half mixed into the cabbage, half dissolved in the water
- 480 mlwater, 1 quart, for the brine
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