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Red Cabbage with Apples

A sweet and slightly sour red cabbage stew with apple and warming spices
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course lunch, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Dutch
Servings 6 people

Equipment

  • Knife
  • Cutting board
  • Big pot/pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Red cabbage (About 1.3 to 1.5 KG)
  • 2 Apples (Use apples you like eating)
  • 2 handfuls Sultanas or raisins
  • 1 small pinch Ground nutmeg
  • 1 small pinch Ground cloves
  • 1 pinch Cardamon powder
  • 1-2 Tspn Cinnamon powder
  • ½ Tspn Ginger powder
  • ½ Lemon (Just the juice)
  • 1 TBspn Honey or Maple syrup
  • ¼-½ Tspn Salt
  • 2-3 TBspn Balsamic vinegar
  • 1 TBspn Apple Cider vinegar
  • 3 TBspn Coconut oil

Instructions
 

  • Core your red cabbage and slice it into around 0.5cm thick. This is just a guideline, it doesn't have to be exact and it comes down to your personal preference how thick you want your slices to be.
  • Put the coconut oil and the vinegars in the base of the pot. The base should be covered nicely with a good layer of oil and vinegar, so nothing will burn.
  • Put in the sliced red cabbage pieces, honey/maple syrup, salt and all the spices.
    Meanwhile, core and cut your apples into pieces.
  • Cook the cabbage until it has started to soften slightly, stirring every few minutes, so nothing burns at the base of the pan.
    Than add in about 2/3 of the apple pieces.
  • Cook until almost ready, the cabbage is almost soft and the apple has almost broken down.
    Than add in the rest of the apple pieces, the raisins and the lemon juice.
  • Cook until the raisins have welled up a bit and the apple is just a little bit softer.
    Taste and adjust if you need to. (Does the dish need more spices, salt, vinegar or sweetness? Add in what your tastebuds are telling you)
  • Plate it with traditional accompaniments or give it your own 'swing' and enjoy!

Notes

If you do not have all the spices at hand, you can use something like pumpkin spices as a base and build up from there with the spices you do have. 
Just taste as you go along and you will be fine.
Leftovers will keep for about 2 weeks in an airtight container in the fridge or you can freeze it for up to 6 months.
Keyword Cabbage, Red cabbage, Side dish, Stew, Sweet and sour
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