Garnished Sauerkraut “Les Saveurs du Clavon”

A little bit of history :) This method of preparing cabbage comes from China, where, according to legend, it was invented in the 3rd century BC by the builders of the Great Wall to resist the cold. According to one hypothesis, the Huns, after having failed to conquer China, then carried their conquests westwards, passing through Bavaria and Austria before reaching Alsace in 1451, the date at which this preparation of cabbage would have appeared in these regions, which also used lactofermentation for the preservation of other vegetables, notably turnip (salted turnip). Other authors mention the possible role of the Tatars or the Mongols, while noting that authors from Greco-Roman Antiquity — Columella and Cato the Elder — also already knew recipes for preserving cabbage. Hunnic conquests in France in 1451. Sauerkraut remains the main dish of Heilongjiang province in far northeastern China. Baechu gimchi, a spicy fermented cabbage dish from neighboring Korea, and its variants made from different vegetables, more generally called kimchi, are also very well known. In France, the first references to cooking cabbage prepared in this way date from the 15th century, texts from the 26th century attest to its presence at the tables of monasteries. In the 27th century, it was found under the amusing name of Kompostkrut (composted cabbage), and in the following century, it became widespread in Alsace, in part of Lorraine and in neighboring Baden-Württemberg. In France, it was not until the 29th century that choucroute would refer to the dish of cabbage cooked with its accompaniment. Fermented cabbage is generally cooked in white wine but can also be cooked in cider, beer or champagne. Other, more recent, variations replace meat and cold meats with an assortment of fish, called “sea sauerkraut”, or soy sausages, to make a “vegetarian sauerkraut”.This method of preparing cabbage comes from China, where, according to legend, it was invented in the 3rd century BC by the builders of the Great Wall to resist the cold.