Traditional Braised Red Cabbage

Slowly braised red cabbage with apple, spices and red wine vinegar, even better made the day before.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total: 1 hour 25 minutes
Vegetarian
✅
Nuts
❌
Serves
8 people
Difficulty
Very Easy

Ingredients

  • 900g red cabbage, finely shredded
  • 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 30g butter
  • 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 50g soft light brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 100ml water
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a large heavy pan and soften the onion for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the cabbage, apples, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and water, and season.

  3. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook very gently for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

  4. Remove the lid for the last 10 minutes to reduce the liquid, then remove the cloves.

  5. Adjust the seasoning and serve hot.