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Brian Sunter

Lacto Fermented Vegetables

These are really funky pickled vegetables made with just salt and water (no added vinegar). The vinegar comes from natural fermentation.

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Ingredients

  • vegetables
  • salt

Equipment

jar·scale·fermentation weight

Method

1

Put jar on scale and zero out.

2

Add vegetables

3

Pour water just above vegatables, making sure to leave space at top

4

Record weight of vegatables and water in grams

5

Multiply this weight by .03 to get amount of salt (3% solution). For example, 1000g of water and veggies woukd need 30g of salt.

6

Add salt to jar and make sure it dissolves.

7

Keep vegetables submerged using fermentation weight

8

Add loose fitting lid or fermentation lid.

9

Put in fridge after reaching desired flavor and it will stay good for a long time.

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>> title: Lacto Fermented Vegetables
>> description: These are really funky pickled vegetables made with just salt and water (no added vinegar). The vinegar comes from natural fermentation. 

Put #jar{} on #scale{} and zero out. 

Add @vegetables

Pour water just above vegatables, making sure to leave space at top

Record weight of vegatables and water in grams

Multiply this weight by .03 to get amount of @salt (3% solution). For example, 1000g of water and veggies woukd need 30g of salt. 

Add salt to jar and make sure it dissolves. 

Keep vegetables submerged using #fermentation weight{}

Add loose fitting lid or fermentation lid. 

Put in fridge after reaching desired flavor and it will stay good for a long time.