How to make Pickled Cabbage head for Cabbage Rolls | Cum sa faci varza murata pentru sarmale

Pickled cabbage is a full head of cabbage, core removed, that has been fermented in a salt brine. It is a traditional Eastern European food, commonly used to make cabbage rolls. Cabbage rolls are an important food for family celebrations, Christmas and Easter.
Stay tuned and I will show you how I make cabbage rolls using this pickled cabbage.

Ingredients:
cabbage
horseradish
peppercorns
picklinh slat

Instructions:
clean the cabbage, removing the damaged leaves
cut the core
Continue the same with the rest
add 1 tbsp of pickling salt in the cabbage spine
peel the horseradish and we cut it in 8 pcs

Brine
For the brine - I use 40g of pickling salt for each 1l of water
My pot is 10 l so I used 400g of salt

Final assembly:
Add 2 pcs of horseradish on the bottom of the container and few peppercorns
Put one cabbage, add 2 pcs f horseradish and continue until the Container is full
pour in the brine until it covers the cabbage
press down the cabbage with a plate and a weight to make sure it stays in brine
Put the lid on and keep th container in a cold place for 2 months

Ingrediente:
varza
hrean
piper boabe
sare grosiera

Instructiuni:
curatati vraza, inlaturand frunzele de deasupra
taiati cotorul
continuati cu restul de varza
adaugati 1 lingura de sare in fiecare varza
curatati hreanul si taiati-l in 2 bucati

Saramura
am folosit 2 linguri de sare - 40g pentru fiecare litru de apa
oala mea are 10 litri deci am folosit 400g de sare

am pus 2 bucati de hrean pe fundul bidonului si cateva boabe de piper
adaugati varza, 2 bucati de hrea iar si tot asa pana se umple bidonul
adaugati saramura pana cand acopera varza
impingeti varza sa stea complet in saramura - eu am folosit o farfurie si o piatra ca greutate
Puneti capacul si pastrati la rece pentru 2 luni sau pana cand este gata