Red cabbage

[mattp]

I love red cabbage, but for whatever reason had never cooked it before tonight.

Recipe for those who are interested:
Wash and roughly chop a red cabbage. Fry it in a load of butter (2 tb.sp. or so) and add a roughly chopped onion shortly after.
When the onions have softened add about 200ml of malt vinegar, a chopped apple, some sausage meat (e.g. garlic sausage, chorizo, kebano) and some sultanas. Add sugar to
take the edge of the vinegar (I used muscavado). Reduce heat and simmer for 45 mins-1hr allowing it to reduce down.

Serve with pasta.

Thoughts:
Could also add sultanas.
The sausage can easily be left out for the veggies amongst you.
Muscavado sugar isn't necessary; any kind will do. Just that muscavado has a nice flavour.


I really need a chef icon. Me in a chef's hat, perhaps, or maybe a photo of something I've cooked. My camera is in Manchester else I'd take a photo of tonight's creation. Does anyone have a photo of something I've made? angmalina - perhaps of the meal at Whitby? Or jenbird - the cake I made for NYE 2003/4?

Comments

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm. That sounds good - I may have to steal this. Without the chorizo it would make a great accompaniment to grilled sausages or pork chops with mustard.

The only addition I might make would be a teaspoon of caraway seeds - they work really well with red cabbage.

[mattp.livejournal.com]

Funny you should say that - I was intending to use some but I had none. The supermarket had none, and when I asked the staff where they might be I just got blank looks. *facepalm*

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

For one of the oldest European spices, they seem to be hard to get hold of. I know some big supermarkets sell them in their herbs/spices section.

Eastern European supermarkets should do them. I think there's a bunch of Polish ones in Hammersmith (also source of fantastic cherry cakes - think jaffa cakes but with cherries and kirsch inside).

[mattp.livejournal.com]

fantastic cherry cakes
Ooh, I'd been plied with those in the past but never known where to locate them.

Unless I'm being inept, it seems that not even Tesco Online stocks caraway seeds. Hammersmith is a bit of a hike, but thanks for the pointer. On reflection maybe the cherry cakes alone are motivation enough to head over :-)