Ceramic Fermenting Crock Recipes

There s my sourdough starter bubbling away by the oven a container of continuous brew kombucha doing it s thing on the island and a 2 gallon crock of sauerkraut fermenting away in the corner.

Ceramic fermenting crock recipes.

Hands down it s one of my favorite kitchen tools. Recipe salt pickles enjoy the following recipe for making preserved vegetables in your ohio stoneware crock. I used the 1 gallon stoneware crock kit from ohio stoneware in this demo. To prepare fresh vegetables for lactic preservation always wash in plenty of running water remove non edible parts such as stems and seeds and peel or trim as desired.

More about the 1 gallon stoneware crock. We ferment in it all the time sauerkraut video demo and recipe here pickles kimchi and more i highly recommend it. The ceramic fermentation crock goes one step further than a simple jar setup but having a u shaped water holding groove in which the lid sits. Advantages of using crocks for sauerkraut fermentation.

They are ideal for making large batches of pickles and range in size from half a gallon to massive 5 gallons. Ceramic fermenting and pickling crocks are the best choice because they have plenty of room without everything splashing out when you re moving it and are sturdy enough to pack down your ingredients to remove any pockets of air which you ll need to do especially when making sauerkraut kimchi or other fermented foods. My kitchen currently resembles the laboratory of a mad scientist. I ve come a long way considering i used to be scared of fermented foods.