Fermented Tomatoes & Basil
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- 1
Remove tomato tops and wash with basil
- 2
Place glass jar on the scale and zero
- 3
Add tomatoes and basil to the jar (196g including roughly 10 basil leaves and the remaining weight tomatoes)
- 4
Fill the jar with water and note the final weight (389g)
- 5
Complete the following calculation final weight x 2.5% = ? (389 x 2.5% = 9.7g)
- 6
Decant the water from the tomatoes and basil
- 7
The sum of the equation is the salt you need to add, stir this salt into the decanted water and then pour the mixture back in to the tomatoes and basil
- 8
Fill a plastic bag with a little water to act as a weight
- 9
Place plastic bag weight on jar and loosely top with a lid
- 10
Leave to ferment on side for 3-10 days, taste to determine when it is done and then place in the fridge ready to use when you need
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