Cranberry, Celery, Leek & Apple Lacto-Ferment - Made Sept. 8/21

 

- a little less than 2 cups dried cranberries chopped coarsely

- 1 bag (340 g) of frozen cranberries sliced in two
- green & white parts of one leek chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 5 large stalks of celery chopped

- 2 meal sized pieces of frozen squash - skin finely grated and flesh chopped
- 10 med. "wild" apples cored and diced

- 25 leaves of sorrel chopped

- 2 Tbsp Himalayan pink salt

- 4 small leaves of green cabbage chopped finely

This uses the VERY last (I found one more small jar) of my dried cranberries sweetened with sugar...  I won't buy or use these again I'm SURE there's something added to them that prohibits fermentation and they are too sweet for me to use otherwise... This is the 3rd time I've used these. I've chosen ingredients that aren't very sweet to mix with them... We'll see how it works this time...  I've mixed everything together, making enough to fill 3 liter mason jars firmly packed to just below the shoulder ([plenty of expansion room if they need it). These spent 3 days in the warm cupboard over my stove.  At this time I could see they were fermenting well,so I moved them to the fridge to stabilize and be eaten.