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Whole heads of white cabbage are cored, salted in the core and packed tightly in a barrel under brine and a stone. Over one to several weeks lactic bacteria sour them, while the brine is drawn off at the bottom and poured back over the top. The whole sour leaves are used to wrap sarma and sarmale, and the brine is drunk.
A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Whole-head sour cabbage itself.
Short entryVegetables7 days – 42 days
Recipe
Amounts from a sourceHousehold barrel tradition with no fixed batch size; the salt is a traditional Romanian brine ratio given in a 2026 article. A Russian whole-head method uses a stronger 6 % brine.
Firm autumn cabbage heads
Damaged outer leaves removed, core cut out and hollowed[agerpres]
Non-iodised salt, for the brine1.5 tablespoons per litre of water
Salt is also packed into each hollow core[agerpres]
Dried dill, thyme, horseradish, corn kernels, quince or apple slices
Optional flavourings laid between the layers[agerpres]
Starter
spontaneous
Total time across the recorded steps: 7 days – 42 days
Start
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What changes:Cabbage heads are cored and the hollow cores are filled with salt
Step 1 of 4
Core the heads and fill the cores with salt
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
L. mesenteroides
Lactobacillus brevis
Lactobacillus plantarum
Output: salted heads.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
Whole heads of white cabbage are cored, salted in the core and packed tightly in a barrel under brine and a stone. Over one to several weeks lactic bacteria sour them, while the brine is drawn off at the bottom and poured back over the top. The whole sour leaves are used to wrap sarma and sarmale, and the brine is drunk. Made in 4 steps over 7 days – 42 days. The longest step, ferment, drawing off the brine and pouring it back, takes 7–42 days (AGERPRES (Business OTS section) 2026) and runs at 18–22 °C (AGERPRES (Business OTS section) 2026). Lactic acid bacteria, with the heterofermenters Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus brevis playing a smaller part in whole heads than in shredded cabbage and Leuconostoc mesenteroides in the first 3–5 days, then Lactobacillus plantarum do most of the fermenting.
The heads are fermented whole in brine, not shredded and dry-salted as in sauerkraut. The brine is drawn off and poured back during the ferment, and whole heads leave the heterofermenting bacteria a smaller part than in shredded cabbage.
In Romania cabbage is traditionally put down between St Demetrius' Day (26 October) and St Andrew's Day (30 November). A 1962 study of Yugoslav fermented cabbage compared whole heads in brine with shredded cabbage.