Braised red cabbage
- Cassie Best
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Serves 8
Easy
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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This low-fat Christmas side dish is the perfect sweet-savoury combination. Or try one of our simple twists using preserved lemon, ginger wine and bacon
Freezable
Egg-free
Gluten-free
Nut-free
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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1 small red cabbage
(about 900g)
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1 sliced red onion
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70g soft light brown sugar
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70ml cider vinegar
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150ml red wine
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a large knob of butter
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1 cinnamon stick
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal87
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fat1g
low
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saturates1g
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carbs12g
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sugars12g
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fibre3g
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protein1g
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salt0.1g
low
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Method
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step 1
Quarter the red cabbage and remove the core, then finely shred. Tip into a large pan with the red onion, brown sugar, cider vinegar, red wine, butter and cinnamon stick and season well. Bring to a simmer, then cover with a lid, lower the heat and cook for 1 1/ 2 hrs, stirring every so often. Remove the lid and continue cooking for 30 mins until tender. Will keep for two days, or can be frozen for two months. Reheat until piping hot.
RECIPE TIPS
TWISTS: PRESERVED LEMON & CRANBERRY
Put the chopped peel of 1 large or 2 small preserved lemons (discard the pith, pulp and seeds) in a large pan with 100g fresh or frozen cranberries, 1 tsp ground coriander, 6 cloves and 1 tbsp honey. Replace the red wine with 150ml cranberry juice, add the other ingredients and cook as per the recipe above.
TWISTS: APPLE & GINGER WINE
Put 2 chopped eating apples, 2 star anise, 2 slices ginger and ½ tsp mixed spice in a large pan. Replace the red wine with 150ml ginger wine, add the other ingredients and cook as per the recipe above.
TWISTS: BACON, MAPLE & PECAN
Heat a drizzle of vegetable oil in a large pan and fry 4 chopped smoked bacon rashers. When crispy, add 2 tbsp maple syrup, the pared zest of 1 orange and 50g roughly chopped pecans. Add the other ingredients and cook as per the recipe above.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2016
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