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Sauerkraut cabbageWhen supermarket shelves are overflowing with greenhouse fruits and vegetables with minimal amounts of nutrients, sauerkraut is one of the most reliable sources of vitamins and minerals. It is difficult to think of something more delicious than boiled potatoes and sauerkraut seasoned with sunflower oil. But when the soul wants something more interesting ...

Sauerkraut contains an almost complete set of vitamins, in particular ascorbic acid and rare vitamin U, phytoncides, many enzymes, potassium, sulfur, phosphorus, iron and iodine salts. And due to the content in this product of a large amount of fiber, it is called an intestinal attendant. Fiber facilitates bowel function by promoting the production of beneficial microflora. In addition, fiber will help remove waste and cholesterol from the body. Sauerkraut also contains lactic and acetic acids, which prevent the development of harmful bacteria.

To sauerkraut gave the body a maximum of nutrients, you should know a few rules. Sauerkraut soup is best cooked once, because reheating the soup completely kills vitamin C. In the soup, you can throw frozen cabbage right away. When preparing any cabbage dishes, remember that it must be removed from the cabbage brine immediately before use, since in cabbage devoid of brine, after 3 hours, vitamin C will decrease by almost 40%, and after a day - up to 70%.

Cabbage in containers should be tamped tightly and poured with brine on top (dry cabbage top loses vitamins), then cabbage will retain up to 80% vitamin C until spring. It is not recommended to keep cabbage on the balcony all winter, as long-term freezing will reduce the amount of vitamin C in it by 20-40%. And multiple freezing-thawing can completely devalue this product.

I bring to your attention some interesting European recipes from sauerkraut.

Alsatian choucrut

Cabbage is seasoned with caraway seeds, garlic and white wine, put in a deep saucepan, mixed with pieces of pork, ham, sausages, pork legs and stewed with juniper berries and onions, always in goose fat. As soon as the meat becomes aromatic and tender, the dish is ready. Shukrut is served on large plates with light beer or Riesling.

Mulgikapsad in Estonian

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This is a simple and tasty Estonian food that is usually prepared at Christmas. Needed: 3-4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1.3 kg of sauerkraut, 100 grams of pearl barley, pork... Pearl barley is soaked for a couple of hours in cold water. Pork is cut into cubes and fried in oil until golden brown. Lay in heat-resistant dishes in layers: first pork, then cabbage with caraway seeds, on top - pearl barley. Salt and pepper, add oil. Put in the oven for 2-2.5 hours, preheated to 180 degrees. Only once - 20 minutes before cooking, mix everything.

Czech dumplings with sauerkraut

Favorite food of the soldier Švejk from the novel by Jaroslav Hasek. Czechs eat dumplings with meat or mushroom gravy, as well as sauerkraut. The latter are prepared carefully and for a long time, but the effort is worth it. You need: half a kilogram of flour, 400 g of milk, 30 g of yeast, butter, 4-5 pork ribs (or other smoked meat), sauerkraut.

Dissolve yeast in warm milk and set to ferment. Stir the flour with a small spoonful of salt, add the fermented yeast and butter, knead the dough so that it sticks off the sides of the bowl. Cover the bowl with a towel and put it in a warm place for 1-2 hours to come up. We divide the dough into several parts and make rollers 5 cm thick, cut them into pieces 20 cm long.Cover with a napkin and leave for 15 minutes. Pour water into a large saucepan, stretch thick gauze over it and secure. Put in cheesecloth dumplings, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Cut the finished dumplings with a sharp wet knife into 1 cm pieces. Meanwhile, cut the smoking into pieces, fry the onion in butter and add the meat and paprika. Simmer until half cooked. Then add sauerkraut stewed separately and fry everything until tender. Season the dumplings with stew with cabbage. Delicious with beer.

Asya Novikova


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