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How to pickle with bread
Yeast Lacto fermentation: Vegetables are fermented with brine and bakers yeast. In the Lebanese villages they would use the old bread. This process produces enzymes and bacteria that are vital for us
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Making the brine. Water 1 liter + 2TBsp kosher salt + 1TBsp sugar
Sugar: 1 TBsp
2 TBsp
Bakers yeast 10g
Dilute the yeast in a bit of brine then add
Making the brine if you are using yeast: Water 1 liter + 2TBsp kosher salt + 1TBsp sugar + 10g bakers yeast
The jar I am using
2 liters jar
I am using stale Lebanese bread. You can use any normal bread with yeast.
Put the bread in the bottom
Clean the turnips but don't peel. Clean and peel the raw beetroot
Cut the vegetables the way you desire. I cut them as follows
Mix the 2 vegetables and put them in the pickling jar
Add the brine to the maxim. Close and put on a warm corner for at least a week. Then it is ready and fantastic
- 0.0kg Turnip
- 100.0g Raw beetroot
- 2.0Tbsp Kosher salt
- 1.0Tbsp Sugar
- Few pieces of bread
- 1.0l Water
- 2.0l Jar
- Or
- 0.0tsp Bakers yeast