Fermented food recipes
Add more fermented foods to your diet with these handy, healthy recipes.
Our fermented food recipes include homemade kimchi, sauerkraut, labneh, miso dishes and step-by-step sourdough. Fermented foods can help boost your gut health, so try adding a few of these ferments to your culinary repertoire.
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Miso recipes
Garlic misozuke (miso-pickled garlic)
Kenji Morimoto's easy garlic misozuke takes a few months to develop, but only five minutes to make and requires just two ingredients.
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Honey recipes
Halloumi with garlic and rosemary fermented honey
This easy garlic and rosemary fermented raw honey has a slight tang that's wonderful with lightly charred halloumi.
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Fermented food recipes
Fermented hot sauce
Learn how to make fermented hot sauce with James Read's easy recipe. All you need are chillies, salt, a sterlised jar... and time.
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Brussels sprouts recipes
Sprout ’kraut
Enjoy sprouts year-round with this funky sprout sauerkraut with pink peppercorns. It's great with pork or in a grilled cheese sandwich.
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Cabbage recipes
Smoky kale and carrot sauerkraut
Kale and carrots give cabbage sauerkraut extra vibrancy and flavour. If you’re new to fermenting, this recipe is a great place to start.
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Baking recipes
Sourdough loaf
Sourdough expert Elaine Boddy shares her master recipe for sourdough loaf. Use Elaine's easy starter for incredible bread every time.
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Baking recipes
Sourdough starter
Elaine Boddy's sourdough starter recipe is the first step on your bread journey. Get a jar on the go and see how easy it is!
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Favourite vegetarian recipes
Marmalade-roasted squash with herby labneh
Scatter marmalade-roasted squash and root veg with a tasty homemade herby labneh for a show-stopping veggie dish.
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Recipes that make the most of butter
Seaweed and miso butter
Umami-rich seaweed butter with miso will elevate your cooking to pro-chef levels. Use seaweed butter straight away or shape, wrap and freeze.
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Savoury bread recipes
The Dusty Knuckle’s sourdough starter
Make a strong and lively sourdough starter from scratch with our step-by-step starter recipe from The Dusty Knuckle Bakery.
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Easy vegan recipes
Vegan kimchi
Make vegan kimchi with Ching He Huang's expert recipe. Swap the fish sauce for red miso to make this funky, fermented cabbage dish.
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Non-alcoholic drink recipes
Hibiscus and kombucha sparkling mocktail
Stir up a refreshing kombucha mocktail with our easy recipe. This sparkling concoction has a gorgeous pink hue, thanks to the hibiscus.
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Cabbage recipes
Golden sauerkraut
This golden sauerkraut recipe is good for your gut, full of flavour and the turmeric in the recipe gives the sauerkraut an impressive glow.
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Coleslaw recipes
Miso ginger coleslaw
This refreshingly zingy miso ginger coleslaw is delicious as part of a barbecue in summer, or with leftover Christmas turkey in winter.
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Asparagus recipes
Asparagus with labneh, mint, almonds and seeds
This stunning spring starter by Gill Meller pairs charred asparagus with thick and creamy labneh, fresh mint and crunchy almonds.
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Cabbage recipes
Cabbage and carrot kimchi
Once you've made it, you'll never look back. Learn how to make kimchi with this easy-to-follow recipe from Georgina Hayden.
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