Foryoueats: Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe (Kvashenaya Kapusta)

Ingredients

• Ingredients for Homemade Sauerkraut:
• 2 medium/large cabbages, 2 1/2 kg or about 5 1/2 lbs
• 2-3 medium carrots, grated
• 2 Tbsp fine sea salt
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• Two ways to serve as a salad:
• Mom's Classic Sauerkraut Salad:
• 1/2 small purple Onion, finely diced
• 2 Tbsp Sunflower Oil, preferred for more flavor, or olive oil
• Sauerkraut Apple Salad:
• 1/2 Apple, any kind; I used gala, diced
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 2 Tbsp white grapes or dried cranberries
• 1-2 Tbsp extra light olive oil, not extra virgin