Spiced Red Cabbage

Name: Spiced Red Cabbage (Czerwona kapusta)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp butter; 1 large onion, sliced; 1 red cabbage, finely shredded; 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and cut into cubes; 7.5 ml/1½ tsp caraway seeds; 4-5 bay leaves; 5-6 allspice berries; 30 ml/2 tbsp clear honey; juice of 1 lemon; 1 glass dry red wine; 6 whole cloves; salt and ground black pepper, to taste; salt and ground black pepper, to taste; chopped chives or parsley, to garnish; chopped chives or parsley, to garnish

Czerwona kapusta

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

About

Red cabbage is one of the staples of Polish cooking. Here, it is braised with apples and aromatic spices and makes the perfect accompaniment to goose or duck.

Ingredients

1 tbsp butter
1 large onion, sliced
1 red cabbage, finely shredded

Europe
Poland
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat.
Add the sliced onion to the frying pan and fry gently for 5 minutes, or until the onion has softened and is golden brown.
Put the shredded cabbage in a large, heavy pan, and pour over 1