Braised Red Cabbage
- 1 medium red cabbage (1.5kg)
- 14 cup olive oil, you can reduce this if you want
- 20 g butter
- 2 slices bacon, finely chopped
- 1 large brown onion, finely chopped (200g)
- 1 green apple, finely chopped (200g)
- 1 bay leaf
- 12 cup port wine, not essential but if you don't add it decrease the amount of vinegar a little
- 12 cup chicken stock
- 12 cup red wine vinegar (or whatever vinegar you have)
- 12 cup brown sugar
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- Halve cabbage, remove core and shred finely.
- Heat oil and butter in a large.
- saucepan.
- Add onion, apple and bacon; sweat over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Add cabbage; cook, stirring 5 minutes or until starting to wilt.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer, covered, over medium heat for 30-40.
- minutes, stirring occasionally until tender.
- Alternatively you could cook it.
- in a medium oven (160C or 140C fan-forced) 40 minutes.
- Serve with rich red meats such as game, duck and beef, or with pork.
- Perfect for a dinner party.
red cabbage, olive oil, butter, bacon, brown onion, green apple, bay leaf, port wine, chicken, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/braised-red-cabbage-156611 (may not work)