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May 14, 2025

Recipe: How to Make Fermented Garlic

Fermented garlic is the flavor upgrade your kitchen has been waiting for—bold, deeply savory, and bursting with rich umami flavor. Not only does lacto-fermenting garlic mellow out its sharp bite,...

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  • Recipe: Fiddlehead Tart - FarmSteady
    April 10, 2022

    Recipe: Fiddlehead Tart

    First off. What are fiddleheads? Fiddleheads are the furled fronds of certain young ferns, which are harvested (and often foraged) in early spring for use as a vegetable. They’re truly enchanting, and so remarkably different from just about anything you...

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  • Recipe: Ramp Kimchi - FarmSteady
    April 5, 2022

    Recipe: Ramp Kimchi

    Every year, in mid-April, it feels like the entire East Coast holds its collective breath in anticipation of ramp season. When ramps, or wild leeks, finally emerge from the ground, professional chefs and amateurs alike hit the trails en masse...

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  • Recipe: Fermented Citrus Hot Sauce - FarmSteady
    May 30, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Citrus Hot Sauce

    Our Fermented Citrus Hot Sauce is full of complex, bright citrusy flavors. Loaded with just about any citrus fruit of your choice (we love blood oranges), this hot sauce recipe is going to be one of your absolute homemade favorites....

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  • Recipe: Fermented Mayonnaise - FarmSteady
    May 28, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Mayonnaise

    Making fermented mayonnaise from scratch is super simple and comes together in an afternoon. All you need is a couple eggs, some high quality oil, lemon juice, whey, a little salt, and a whisk. The resulting mayonnaise is rich, complex, and so much better than what you find in stores.
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  • Recipe: Fermented Mustard - FarmSteady
    May 27, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Mustard

    Homemade Fermented Mustard is spicy and packs a bite thanks to a mix of yellow and brown mustard seeds, hot sauce brine, and a few other key ingredients. Hot sauce brine adds acidity and jump starts lacto-fermentation. This homemade fermented mustard recipe is the ideal companion to other fermented condiments (like our fermented ketchup).
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  • How to Make Fermented Ketchup
    May 27, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Ketchup

    What flavors are tied to your most vivid memories growing up? For us, one of the brightest, boldest, reddest common threads running through our childhood is ketchup.Growing up, we couldn’t eat our french fries or hot dogs without smothering them...

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  • Recipe: Mango Chili Lime Kraut - FarmSteady
    May 18, 2021

    Recipe: Mango Chili Lime Kraut

    In the summer, tables pop up on corners across New York City serving fresh cut mangos dressed with salt, chili powder and lime. This combination of sweet, sour, salt and heat is one of our favorites and one we were super excited to work into a kraut recipe. 
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  • Recipe: Fermented Pickle Chips - FarmSteady
    May 16, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Pickle Chips

    Pickle chips. Sandwich pickles. Pickle slices. Whatever you call them, we can all agree that having a big jar of super garlicky, dill-packed fermented pickles in the fridge is an absolute must. These are the homemade pickles that we are scooping out to stuff into sandwiches, burgers or to tide us over as we contemplate what’s on hand to make for dinner.
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  • Recipe: Lacto-Fermented Jalapeños - FarmSteady
    May 14, 2021

    Recipe: Lacto-Fermented Jalapeños

    Fermented jalapeños are a deliciously spicy ingredient we keep on hand to jazz up any meal. These piquant little peppers pack loads of flavor and are incredibly versatile. When jalapeños are lacto-fermented, they develop a tangy flavor that balances out the spice. Don’t get us wrong, these peppers are spicy, but leveled with a nice pickled tang.
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  • Recipe: Preserved Meyer Lemons - FarmSteady
    May 7, 2021

    Recipe: Preserved Meyer Lemons

    The process behind making preserved lemons is really similar to making kraut or any other lacto-fermented vegetable: lemons + salt + time. That makes it easy for the enthusiastic fermentation-fan and delightfully tasty for everyone else.
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  • How to make lacto-fermented red onions
    April 9, 2021

    Recipe: Fermented Red Onions

    Fermented onions are one of the easiest and tastiest ferments to make. If you open our fridge, we can pretty much guarantee that we always have a jar of lacto-fermented onions tucked somewhere. And these pickled red onions are one of our favorites.
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  • Recipe: Beet Apple Ginger Red Kraut - FarmSteady
    April 5, 2021

    Recipe: Beet Apple Ginger Red Kraut

    We like keeping our fermented goodies plentiful and colorful. Red cabbage and beets, even after fermentation, do an amazing job of holding on to their vibrant red hues. And thanks to a potent zing of ginger and apples, this Beet Apple Ginger Red Kraut has energy to spare. It's so refreshing to spoon out something that looks as lively as it makes you feel.
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