Category: Recipe

  • Mango-lemon habanero salsa

    Mango-lemon habanero salsa

    While leafing through the truly amazing book ‘Fiery Ferments’ from Kirsten K. Shockey & Christopher Shockey, I stumble upon a spicy Onion-Mango Ferment that tickles my taste buds, just by reading it. But I don’t have the ingredients the recipe asks for, so I decide to make something different with what I have in the…

  • Ghost pepper (or Naga Jolokia) hot sauce

    Ghost pepper (or Naga Jolokia) hot sauce

    I have to admit that I have been looking forward to giving these damn hot Ghost peppers a good blitz and discover what the results of 3 months of fermenting them tastes like. I started up the ferment mid December, after picking up these hotties at westlandpeppers.com, and made a couple of experimental small batches…

  • Blaukraut with apple

    Blaukraut with apple

    Red cabbage is packed with anthocyanin (antiviral properties!) and vitamin C. I am actually not a big fan of the braised red cabbage we eat here around christmas time, but the kraut made from red cabbage is rather surprisingly crunchy and keeps for a long time. I like the word ‘blaukraut’, the recipe (and the…

  • Fennel and turmeric ferment

    Fennel and turmeric ferment

    This fennel-turmeric ferment is one we are making often at Fermenthings (inspired by the @itinerairebisgourmand recipe). The bright yellow of the freshly grated turmeric gives the ferment a very distinct flavour and color. It is usually served together with a ceviche, where the fish is marinated in a kombucha & sour orange vinaigrette and served…

  • Fermented butternut squash

    Fermented butternut squash

    A while ago, an article in the magazine ‘Saveur’ caught my attention: in ‘A Living Larder’, Cortney Burns (Bar Tartine) gives some great ideas to cook with fermented vegetables. But before I can make her fermented squash and sesame dip, I indeed have to… ferment some squash. I decided to make a basic ferment with…

  • The future is orange: West-African sweet potato ferment

    The future is orange: West-African sweet potato ferment

    Here I am with a bunch of rather ugly looking sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are not the easiest vegetables to cook with. Their flesh easily turns into a mushy texture after steaming or grilling so I am curious to find out if fermenting these tubers reveal some qualities we were not aware of yet. I…

  • Fermented Pumpkins

    Fermented Pumpkins

    For Halloween 2018, we had a special workshop focusing on fermented pumpkins. Here are the recipes showed during the presentation! Of course, do not forget to always clean everything with hot water or disinfectant before cooking and making fermented productions! Please also note that organic ingredients will always be better to start a fermentation. Kombucha…