Bacon Chop with Red Cabbage and Prunes

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
British Seasonal Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2008

  • About

I tried this out at home one night after I had been on an experimental bacon curing session. Red cabbage and raisins is a classic pairing, so I thought why not try it with prunes as they have something of an affiliation with bacon in classic French cooking. It worked a treat!

Home-cured bacon chops would be ideal here, but otherwise ask your butcher if he can lay his hands on a piece of smoked streaky or back bacon with the bone in. Thick pieces of bacon like this can tend to be a b