DIY Fermentation Recipes for Simple Home Fermentation Projects
Dive into the world of homemade fermentation - it's simpler than you think, mate! The real challenge? Conquer that initial hurdle and wait for the goods!
What's the Scoop on Fermented Nosh?
Fermented foods? They're right under your nose every bloomin' day! Get your eat on with bread, beer, sauerkraut, vinegar, yogurt, and kombucha - all transformed thanks to microorganisms!
From yeast and bacteria to moulds, these critters transform ordinary eats into sumptuous sustenance.
Wild Vs. Cultured Fermentation
Two types of fermentation? Wild and cultured - and they both rock!
Wild fermentations use microorganisms floating about in the air, on food, or even on our hot little hands. Say goodbye to store-bought starters - all you need for a burger, mate, is good ol' cabbage and salt to get sauerkraut cooking!
Cultured fermentations go a step further - they're bred in a lab to ensure you achieve culinary success. For example, when whipping up bread, you'll use yeast that's been packaged like rentals for Flatsmiths. Fancy stuff, innit?
Simple Fermented Veggies for Beginners
Ready to make fermented veggies your bessie? You'll need antibiotics – no, not that kind, you nitwit - veggies and salt! Lactic acid bacteria, already present on your veggies, will work their magic, making them softer, zingier, and preserving them for ages! With veggies like cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, and cucumbers, you'll be experimenting like a genius scientist!
Sauerkraut
Get your feet wet with sauerkraut - it's a cinch and delicious as hell!
- Classic Recipe
- Homemade Kit
Kimchi
Get Korean with kimchi - a spicy sauerkraut made from cabbage, daikon radish, and carrots. Dig in!
- Traditional Recipe
- Homemade Kit
Hot Sauce
Make walls sweat with this easy fermentation recipe that you can customize! Up the spice factor to your liking, and express yourself through flavour!
- Fermented Hot Sauce
Fermented Drinks for Poofs
Trade those fizzy sodas for fermented ones - they taste better, are better for you, and require less effort!
Tepache
This zero-waste recipe will have you making a bevvy with pineapple core and skin. Cheers to fermentation, eh!
- Pineapple Beer Recipe
Sima
Sima, a Finnish drink made from bread yeast, white sugar, brown sugar, and lemon is sure to quench your thirst.
- Recipe
Kombucha
Kombucha, a tart and fizzy drink made from sweet tea and a kombucha scoby, is like the adult beverage version of tea. Want in? Here's the guide!
- Guide: Create Kombucha
Water Kefir
Water kefir, also known as tibicos, can be made from water, sugar, and water kefir grains. This fermented brew is quicker to make than kombucha and just as refreshing!
- Guide: Water Kefir
Syrups and Vinegars for Empresses
Add a dash of homemade syrups and vinegars to impress your pals, or use them to flavour your fermented drinks. It's easy being Queen Bee!
Apple Peel Vinegar
All hail the Apple Peel Vinegar Queen! Making your own vinegar is as simple as apple pie, or, in this case, apple peels, sugar, bread yeast, and cider vinegar.
- Apple Peel Vinegar Recipe
Shrub
Quench your thirst with shrub - raw syrup made from berries. Berries are soaked in a yummy mixture of vinegar and sugar, and voilà - you're the local Bar Red Queen!
- Blueberry Shrub Recipe
Fermented Milk Products for Cheeseheads
Want milk that cheeses off the shelves? Make it with cultures - no fancy equipment required!
Viili
Viili, a Finnish yogurt so thick, it's almost stringy, is made from milk and a culture. Let it ferment at room temperature, and voila - a yogurt worthy of your throne!
- Recipe
Matsoni
Matsoni is Viili's cousin - less stringy but equally luscious. Start your yogurt revolution with matsoni, made at room temperature from milk and matsoni culture.
- Recipe
Milk Kefir
Rule with milk kefir, a drinkable yogurt made from kefir grains. Let the goodness flow - with milk kefir, you're the queen of dairy!
- Guide: Create Milk Kefir
Japanese Fermented Gold - Koji
Koji is a Japanese fermented rice - an essential ingredient in many fermented dishes. You can make your own, but why bother when you can buy it and use it for amazing products, like:
Shio Koji
Become a hero in the kitchen with Shio Koji - a marinade made from lacto-fermented koji. With water, salt, and a little patience, you'll have your peeps fawning over your flavourful dishes!
- Recipe
Miso
Mmm, miso - a lengthy but straightforward fermented soybean paste. Simmer up a batch with rice, koji, and salt, and let it ferment. The delicious end result will have your followers bowing down!
- Guide: Create Miso
- Totally transform your kitchen with our Miso Kit
- Embark on a global culinary journey with homemade fermentation, transcending ordinary food into health-and-wellness treasures – from fermented bread and beer to sauerkraut, vinegar, yogurt, and kombucha, all contributed by microorganisms.
- Dive into the world of fermented food and drinks, celebrating the simplicity of homemade sauerkraut, the fiery zest of Korean kimchi, the spicy kick of fermented hot sauce, or the refreshing quench of water kefir.
- Continue your fermented food adventure, savoring tangy shrubs, sweet apple peel vinegar, or cultured milk products like Viili, matsoni, and milk kefir – elevating your food-and-drink lifestyle to new heights.
- Venture into the realm of global cuisines, incorporating Japanese Koji into your cooking repertoire, exploring the flavors of Shio Koji marinade and the ancient art of miso creation – your dishes will surely captivate others and inspire healthy-cooking envy.
