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Kremlin khryapa cabbage appetizer

Kremlin Khryapa Cabbage Appetizer

The Kremlin khryapa cabbage appetizer — crisp and beautiful! This cabbage appetizer is a recipe many people know, just by a different name. What sets this particular version apart is that all the vegetables are cut into very thin strips with a knife — no graters or gadgets — and that the marinade has no spices at all, not even a bay leaf. The marinade is sweet and sour, and the cabbage comes out crisp, tasty, and pretty. You can serve it for a holiday table or on an ordinary weekday.

naniki

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

White cabbage

Carrots

Beets

Onion

Water

Table vinegar

0.5

Sunflower oil

0.75

Sea salt

Sugar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 7 % 1 g

Fats 36 % 5 g

Carbohydrates 57 % 8 g

79 kcal

GI: 50 / 0 / 50

Cooking method

Step 1:

For the Kremlin khryapa cabbage appetizer, gather these ingredients: white cabbage, beets, carrots, and onion, plus water, sunflower oil, vinegar, salt, and sugar for the marinade. That's all — a very simple set.
Step 2:

As the recipe insists, you should cut all the vegetables into thin strips — the cabbage no wider than two matchsticks, the rest a single matchstick thick! And it's best not to use any choppers or graters — that would make it a different recipe. So, with a sharp knife, shred the cabbage into thin strips.
Step 3:

Cut the onion into half-rings, just as thinly.
Step 4:

Scrub the carrots well with a brush, then cut them into thin slices, stack the slices, and cut them into thin strips.
Step 5:

Peel the beets and cut them into strips the same way as the carrots.
Step 6:

Make the marinade (the pickling liquid). Combine the water and sunflower oil — ideally an unrefined, fragrant one, since in Soviet times there was no odorless oil, and it's much tastier and healthier anyway. Add the vinegar, salt, and sugar. Bring the marinade to a boil; all the ingredients should dissolve.
Step 7:

Put the prepared vegetables in a pot, mix them, and pour the hot marinade over them.
Step 8:

The vegetables will settle; press them down so the marinade covers them completely. Leave it at room temperature until it cools, then put it in the refrigerator for 2–3 days.
Step 9:

Transfer the finished cabbage to jars — you can pack it into jars right after it cools and let it marinate in the refrigerator that way.
Step 10:

In 2–3 days the Kremlin khryapa cabbage appetizer is ready. Serve it as an appetizer — it's a guaranteed hit!