How to Make Homemade Sauerkraut in Mason Jars

Marie's garden is truly a masterpiece and every year she has an abundance of Cabbage. Well, what do you do when your garden gives you too much cabbage? You make SAUERKRAUT! And, you do it the easy way, in bulk, using one of our favorite things, Mason Jars. Marie's family has a heritage that makes this Sauerkraut-making process especially special. You see, her grandparents owned a German delicatessen in New York City. What better recipe than the one used at an authentic German deli served to people who were likely pickier about their 'Kraut than our families.

Sauerkraut is often one of the first fermentation projects new fermenters try. It's easy to guess why. Sauerkraut is super easy to make, it requires very little equipment, and the results are decidedly yummy.

I mean, how much simpler can it get than to combine shredded cabbage with salt and pound it into a receptacle. Sure, you could use a crock if you have one (Emmaline loves her's), but Marie's grandma made it even more simple. She used plain ole' reliable Mason Jars. Mason jars are uniquely useful in this process because you can make a HUGE batch of sauerkraut all at once. Take this example for instance. You pul 25 heads of cabbage out of the garden and you need to store it. Sure, you can turn 5 of them into one of the ingredients into your own variation of Canned Gardenia, but then you still have 20 remaining.

What are you going to do with all that cabbage so it doesn't go bad?

That's right, we're making sauerkraut in bulk.

It is good to know that our experience shows that about 5 pounds of cabbage (2 heads in our case) created 2 1/2 quarts of sauerkraut. So ... for the sake of a little math let's flesh that out to see how many quarts 20 heads of cabbage could make. We will assume the cabbage heads are roughly the same size.

2 Heads = 2 1/2 Quarts
20 Heads = 50 Quarts

THAT'S A LOT OF SAUERKRAUT

Brat's anyone?

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Intro 00:00
Prepare Cabbage 00:28
Add Salt and Massage/Rest 02:55
Fill Jars and Ferment 03:40
Top Off with Water and Process in Water Bath Canner 08:40
Remove from Water bath Canner 10:05
Outro 11:20

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