Fermented Curtido Recipe (Salvadoran Sauerkraut)

Here is a delicious recipe to make fermented curtido, a delicious Salvadoran dish halfway between a sauerkraut and a slightly spicy relish!

Cabbage, carrot, onion and jalapeño blend together to create a tangy, crisp and slightly spicy condiment. Curtido is often served with pupusas, a Salvadoran flat bread made of corn and stuffed with meat or cheese.

Curtido is usually marinated with vinegar, but is even more delicious when simply fermented!

  • Level of difficulty: easy
  • Fermentation type: lactic
  • Preparation time: 30 minutes
  • Fermentation time: about a month
Recette de curtido (choucroute salvadorienne)

Fermented Curtido Recipe (Salvadoran Sauerkraut)

Here is a delicious recipe to make fermented curtido, a delicious Salvadoran dish halfway between a sauerkraut and a slightly spicy relish!
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Preparation Time 30 minutes
Fermentation Time 30 days
Course Side Dish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium green cabbage (about 2.2lb)
  • 200 g carrots (about 7oz)
  • 1 yellow or red onion (3.5oz)
  • ½ to 1 jalapeño (to taste)
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 2 tablespoons salt (or 2% of the total weight)

Steps
 

  • Mince cabbage, jalapeño, onion and grate carrot.
  • Put in a large bowl.
  • Add salt and oregano and mix well.
  • Massage for several minutes, until the brine comes out of the vegetables, or let stand about fifteen minutes.
  • Compress everything in a fermentation jar. Cover with a fermented weight or a reserved cabbage leaf to keep the vegetables under the brine created by the vegetables.
  • Close the lid not too tightly, to allow the gases to come out (or use an airlock).
  • Leave to ferment for three to six weeks, to taste. After the first opening, store in the refrigerator.
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Can be stored 1 year in the refrigerator.

Serve your tangy fermented curtido with pupusas, tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, tostadas or any Latin American dish. Keep a jar for your next taco party!

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