Fermented ginger with sage is delightful ferment that can be used as a side dish, in salads or anywhere you would use ginger. We added turmeric in this ferment.
Ingredients:
300 g (10 1⁄2 oz) fresh ginger root
40 g (1 1⁄2 oz) fresh turmeric
10 g ( 1/3 oz) fresh sage leaves
1⁄2 lemon, sliced
salt
water
Instructions:
Fermented ginger preparation
Rinse sage leaves and dry them. Peel of the ginger root and turmeric skin. Chop both finely. Rinse the lemon and slice it to thin slices. Put ginger and turmeric into the jar. In between layers put sage leaves. Pour water to the rim and weigh. Subtract the weight of the glass and add 2% of salt based on the weight of the entire content of the jar. Stir well with a spoon. Put slices of lemon on the top.
Seal the jar well and make sure the glass weight pushes down the content and submerges it in water. After some time, with the help of pressing spring, the content will push down, keep it submerged and enable air bubbles to come out. Pump out the air from the jar with the help of the silicone pump.
Ferment for 2 weeks at room temperature. Sealed jars can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.
Benefits of fermented ginger
Use it to strengthen the immune system, in teas when experiencing colds or simply as an addition to the meals, such as salads, hummus spreads, smoothies, etc. During heat waves add it to cool water, eat it as it is or combine it with herbs: mint, lemon balm, lemon verbena.
Recipe by Suzana Kranjec, fermentiraj.si.
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