ferment Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/ferment/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:59:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Fermented black tomatoes in the midst of a beautiful mess https://zuzazak.com/2025/09/black-tomatoes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-tomatoes Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:56:23 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=2726 A return to chaos On returning to my vegetable patch after a three week absence, I was both shocked and in awe of how wild it had become. Untied black tomatoes had started using the red currant bush as support, other tomatoes using them in...

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]]> Young beetroot ferment for Botwinka soup https://zuzazak.com/2025/06/young-beetroot-ferment-for-botwinka-soup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-beetroot-ferment-for-botwinka-soup Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:23:45 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=2505 Garden Kitchen surprises I have returned to my garden after a couple of weeks’ (one of those times when life just hits you in the face, you know) to find both pleasant and unpleasant surprises. The squash and globe artichokes have grown, they look strong...

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