FERMENTED TOMATOES

October 8, 2018

Fermented veggies do not even make your food longer durable, it even makes less rubbish for the environment. Moreover, the taste is amazing and you have a lot of health benefits from fermented food.

“Many of important microorganisms for your body appear during fermentation that bring awesome benefits for your intestinal health. Today, we have a delicious gluten free and raw vegan recipe with fermented tomatoes for you! ”

For your own homemade fermented tomatoes you need:

700ml-glass with lit
450g cherry tomatoes
3 garlic gloves
1 tbsp mustard seeds
10 peppercorns
2 leaves of basil
500ml water
10g salt

This is how to prepare your delicious fermented tomatoes:

Wash tomatoes
Use lukewarm water and dissolve the salt inside
Peel garlic and cut into small pieces
Hack basil leaves
Put all ingredients inside the glass and add tomatoes on top
Fill the salty water on top until all tomatoes are covered.
Now, close the glass carefully until the first resistance to make sure that gas, which appears during fermentation, is able to escape
The tomatoes need 4-5 days to ferment on room temperature. Now you can eat them or let them ferment another 3 weeks. It is important to store the tomatoes cool after 4-5 days of fermenting. After 1-2 weeks the tomatoes get soft and have the perfect consistency for soups or sauces

We wish you a lot of fun with fermenting!