Homemade sauerkraut, in all its funky humility, is a favorite food in our home – particularly in wintertime when fresh, local produce is a rare treat and we rely on what we’ve put by over the summer and autumn months. For us, this means lots of fermented foods and sauerkraut in particular. We grow cabbage [...]
Brine-pickled Beets with Ginger and Orange
April 28, 2011 By 15 Comments
Fermented beets, dank and earthy and sour, number among my favorite ferments of vegetable. While I will always love the fetid odor of a true sauerkraut, the clean and salty sharpness of Moroccan preserved lemons or the brackish must of a home-cured olive, it is fermented beets – lovingly spiced and brine-pickled – that makes [...]
keep the bounty: week #2
August 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s week #2 of the Keep the Harvest Challenge at Nourished Kitchen and we’re working our way through August by ditching our canners, and brushing up on old-world, traditional techniques for food preservation. Our first week was all about fermentation – the magical transformation of fresh food into pickled through the function of beneficial microorganisms. If [...]
Home-cured Corned Beef
March 5, 2010 By 66 Comments
Home-cured corned beef. It seems daunting, doesn’t it? Curing meat at home is much easier than you’d expect, and there’s a growing community of home cooks who are beginning to revive traditional methods of food preservation and charcuterie. Preparing corned beef at home is a simple entrance into this lost art; moreover, the flavor is [...]
Sour Pickles
July 29, 2009 By 48 Comments
Sour pickles are a mainstay at our summer dinner table. Naturally fermented, sour pickles are rich in beneficial bacteria and food enzymes, offering a dairy-free source of probiotics. Vinegar pickles lack the beneficial bacteria and many of the heat-sensitive vitamins found in traditional, sour pickles. You see, real pickles are naturally fermented through [...]
A Stocked Pantry!
November 2, 2008 By 16 Comments
In begging forgiveness for the unexplained, neglectful month-long hiatus, I have some pictures to show you: So, while I’ve been away from the Nourished Kitchen (and so may well have lost all my beloved readers!), my husband and I were terribly busy. We wrapped up this years market and laid plans for next [...]
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