Spiced Red Cabbage

Name: Spiced Red Cabbage
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 ml red wine vinegar or 50 ml balsamic; 1 red onion, finely sliced; 1 red chilli, finely sliced (seeds included if you like the heat); 50 g butter; 1 small red cabbage, finely sliced; 1 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp allspice; ½ tsp ground cloves; 75 g unrefined brown sugar; 200 ml water; freshly ground black pepper; sea salt

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

This wonderfully comforting dish for autumn and winter is filled with rich, sweet flavours. Best made a day ahead and reheated, it works very well with baked ham, duck or even roast chicken, although I am happy to eat it on its own.

Ingredients

50 g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small red cabbage

Europe
France
Side dish
Mediterranean
Winter
Autumn
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Melt the butter with the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat, add the red cabbage, onion and chilli, stir well and cook for 10 minutes. Add the vinegar, sugar, allspice, cloves, seasoning and water, mix well and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer the dish for 1 hour, checking frequently. If the mixture becomes dry during cooking, add a little more water. Serve hot or reheated