Sauerkraut made with red cabbage - provides colour variation attractive to the eye and palate.

摘要

Sauerkraut is made using red cabbage. Pref. the red cabbage sauerkraut is spiced with bay leaf, juniper berries, cinnamon sticks, cloves and caraway seeds. Pref. the sauerkraut is fermented with a 10% pickling brine for 10 weeks and a spice bag holding equal amts. of the additional spice ingredients in a total amt. of 0.5-0.7% of the wt. of red cabbage is introduced after 6 weeks. ADVANTAGE - The prod. has a taste almost identical to that of sauerkraut made with white cabbage and provides a prod. with a red colour which is attractive to the eye and the palate. In an example for 1 kilo of sauerkraut, 200 g sliced onions are sweated in 80 g bacon rind and 50 g pork dripping, then the cabbage is added lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and sugar, and stirred 0.25 l red wine is added and the mixt. cooked on a low flame for ca. 40 mins. and finally seasoned with 100 ml red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, and sugar.