Flemish-style Red Cabbage with Dried Fruits and Juniper

Name: Flemish-style Red Cabbage with Dried Fruits and Juniper
Ingredients: 12 juniper berries; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons redcurrant jelly; 600 ml (1 pint) well-flavoured chicken stock; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 650 g (1 lb 7 oz) red cabbage, core removed, finely shredded; 300 ml (½ pint) red wine; 150 ml (¼ pint) port; 150 g (5 oz) mixed ready-to-eat dried fruits, such as apricot, pear, fig and apple, halved

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Passion for Vegetables

By Paul Gayler

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

650 g (1 lb 7 oz) red cabbage, core removed, finely shredded
300

Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

I adore braised red cabbage and cannot understand why it is so often only cooked around Christmas time. It deserves to be savoured more widely. This combination of red cabbage, dried fruits and juniper is particularly good. It makes the perfect accompaniment to roast pork and many game dishes.

Preheat the oven to