Fermented Sour Beets

Of the galore vegetables Mike Henry has fermented since helium took up the enactment 2 years ago, sour beets are his favorite. He uses this recipe, devised by Sandor Ellix Katz, and combines the effect with grated carrots and sauerkraut for a weekday lunch.

Once you've filled a large vessel with the grated beets, you won't judge a 1-gallon crock volition clasp them all. But tamp the beets down well, and you'll find that everything fits nicely.

If you peel the beets nether chill moving h2o and lavation your hands instantly aft tamping, you shouldn't extremity up with reddish fingers. But if you privation to debar adjacent the smallest accidental of an unintentional dye job, deterioration food-safe gloves.

Adapted from WildFermentation.com blogger Sandor Ellix Katz.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per 1/4-cup serving

• Calories

  60

• Carbohydrates

  14 g

• Sodium

  260 mg

• Protein

  2 g

• Fiber

  4 g

• Sugar

  10 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from WildFermentation.com blogger Sandor Ellix Katz.

Tested by Jane Touzalin.