Homeland savoy cabbage - Italy. This plant, which is often mistakenly called a vegetable and root crop, was originally wild-growing and was found only in the Italian county of Savoie.
This type of cabbage quickly conquered Europe thanks to its taste, but in Russia, this variety began to be cultivated only closer to the XIX century.
One of the reasons why vegetable growers give this plant Special attention - this is its ability to be stored for several winter months and not to lose its beneficial properties.
How to store different types of cabbage at home, read on our website.
Variety selection
Which savoy cabbage varieties are best suited for storage?
Today, there are many varieties of this plant, but they are all conditionally grouped in three categories in accordance with the term of aging:
- early varieties ripen after 105-120 days after planting;
- medium varieties - after 120-135 days;
- late varieties can ripen 140 days or more.
As varieties that can be stored in winter, early varieties are not of interest, since even with the creation of optimal conditions spoil quickly.
But the average, middle and late varieties can be stored long enough, since these varieties have a long developmental period (vegetation), and even in plants cut from a bed, the vital processes in them do not stop immediately. But when using Savoy cabbage of different varieties for cooking, consider:
- Early varietiescut from the bed in winter, it is better to use preferably for cabbage or cabbage soup.
- Middle late varieties are ideal not only for stuffed cabbage, but also for frying, stewing, as well as for the preparation of meatballs.
- Late varieties can be used for all these purposes, besides - only they can be used for pickling.
On our website you can find information you are interested in storing white cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi cabbage, as well as Brussels and Peking cabbage.
Fundamental rules
How to save the Savoy cabbage for the winter? Savoy cabbage, which is intended for winter storage, recommended to clean at a temperature not lower than -7 degrees, while it is desirable that such cabbages weigh at least 500 grams and have at least two three tight-fitting and rigid covering sheets: they will serve reliable protection from dirt and damage.
Cabbage to be stored it is not recommended to water before cleaning, and it is desirable to cut the cabbages in dry weather. Frozen cabbage and cabbages, which have signs of rot or are affected by pests or fungus, will not survive long storage.
Immediately before sending the heads for storage, it is necessary a little dry - to do this, pour them with crushed chalk and place for a couple of days in a dry room on grid shelves. A stump of such heads should be shortened, leaving no more than three centimeters.
What and where to store savoy cabbage?
It is assumed that savoy cabbage can be stored from four months to six months: they can withstand such a period of cabbages without problems if they are stored in wooden boxes, at the same time it is impossible to position the cabbages close to each other: there should be gaps of several centimeters between them. Cabbage is stored cut stalks up.
Permissible cabbage storage in limbo: cabbages need to be laid in nets and suspended from the ceiling on a string, while for each head of net the grid should be separate, and a dense "neighborhood" in this case is also inappropriate.
An ideal place to store savoy cabbage for the winter will be the garage, basement or cellar, but only if it is respected. temperature condition (storage of cabbage is permissible at a temperature of from 0 to +3 degrees) and with appropriate humidity, which should be 90-95%.
If cabbage will be stored in the cellar - it is necessary to take measures in advance to eliminate it rodentsand also to make sure that there is no such room. mold and mildew. Additionally, it is recommended to process the entire room. antiseptic means.
Observing these rules, it is possible to ensure long-term storage of savoy cabbage for six months, and if the heads are large (from six kilograms) and the storage process keep under control - Store late varieties can be up to 12 months.
Ways
How to store savoy cabbage in winter? Despite the fact that the storage method in the boxes is the simplest and therefore common, there are other methods:
- "Pyramid"for which you will need sand. The “base” of the pyramid should be the largest cabbages, stacked upwards. This base is abundantly covered with sand, and the next layer is smaller specimens, which are laid down by stalks, and so on up to the top.
- Cabbage laying with small intervals (about two to three centimeters) between the heads of cabins in the boxes, which are then abundantly covered with sand to the brim.
- Keeping Cocks Wrapped in a thick layer of paper or in food film.
Summary
Savoy cabbage is a healthy and nutritious product that contains a large amount of nutrients and trace elements.
Their shortage in the winter period has a negative effect on health, and for some diseases and ailments, the use of this variety should be regular and year-round.
For example - Savoy cabbage helps restore the nervous system, has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, helps lower blood pressure and strengthens the immune system.
Savoy Cabbage Storage in proper conditions - It is an opportunity to always have on hand such an indispensable natural "medicine". On such methods of preservation of the harvest of cabbage for the winter, as freezing and drying, read on our website.
