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Must-try red cabbage braised with apple, bacon and balsamic vinegar

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must-try red cabbage braised with apple, bacon and balsamic vinegar

snacks and sides | serves 4
Pour a good lug of olive oil into a saucepan, get it hot and add the bacon and fennel seeds. Cook until golden then add the onion and continue to cook, with the lid on, for a few more minutes until golden and sticky. Add the apple, followed by the cabbage chunks, salt and pepper and the vinegar, and stir everything together well. Put the lid back on and continue to cook on a low heat for an hour, checking and stirring every so often. You will end up with a gorgeously sticky-sweet cabbage dish that you’ll want to eat immediately, straight out of the pan! Or, if you can wait long enough, scoop it into a serving dish, pop the butter on top and sprinkle over the parsley.

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ingredients

• olive oil
• 250g smoked streaky bacon, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, bashed
• 1 onion, peeled and sliced
• 2 good eating apples, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm/1 inch pieces
• 1 red cabbage, outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 150ml balsamic vinegar
• a knob of butter
• a handful of chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

user comments

40 comments

1. aidan Wed 22 Jul 2009 @ 09:14 yo to all the blinkered "veggies " out there. perhaps the use of the word veggie should be reserved for describing your levels of practical intelligence! Leave out the bacon and the inane winging in the future.
Thanks for saving our bacon with a cabbage omage Mr Oliver!

2. cookwitch Sun 15 Feb 2009 @ 19:21 A very good traditional recipe.

To clarify for vegetarians: VEGGIE in case generally refers to vegetables, not vegetarians, so a Veggie recipe on this site means that it is a vegetable recipe not a purely vegetarian one.

3. Stacey Davis Sat 14 Feb 2009 @ 14:17 Hi Jamie - I love this recipe. I am cooking it with a scallop/chirizo dish for Valentines dinner tonight. I live in the US and was disappointed to find that I could not order from your website. Is there any other way I can order your DVD's? I would love to have them. I have learned so much and really enjoyed your at home series. Thanks, Stacey Davis

4. ricci Sun 08 Feb 2009 @ 20:40 hi jamie just rad this recipie and well its listed under veggie to me that means vegetarian, but it contain meat so it isnt vegetarian, need to clarify the recipues alot more

5. rubzluvzcatz Sun 08 Feb 2009 @ 11:11 looks nice

6. RAY Sun 08 Feb 2009 @ 06:07 Great recipe for cabbage which I cook regularly.

7. John Wed 04 Feb 2009 @ 19:52 Hi, thanks for the great shows and food but I have one small grumble and that's when you use Olive Oil, please remember it is very expensive, but keep up the good work.

8. Helena Maria Bento Sat 31 Jan 2009 @ 17:37 Hello,
I'm from Portugal and I think you're great!
I hear you talk about Italy and I wonder if you don't talk about Portugal just because you were never here. Were you? Have you been introduce to our food?
I'd like to invite you to come a few days to meet our Regional food. You would like it very much, I'm sure.
Say something...

9. Sarah Wed 28 Jan 2009 @ 13:28 Love the recipe. Our family are great fans of red cabbage. We live in Germany so eat this type of dish often in winter. Great for Christmas too!

http://www.tasty-german-recipe.com

10. suciani Sat 24 Jan 2009 @ 08:27 hello Jamie

i made this dish last night and its great love it and the left over is superb thank you for all the wonderfull recipes

suci

11. dave Fri 23 Jan 2009 @ 10:34 how does this work then? I like sausages BTW

12. Rajusgirl Fri 23 Jan 2009 @ 06:09 Hi Jamie - you "ruined" my early evening last night (only joking) - Curry dinner was ready and then I found your red cabbage on your site, whilst searching for something else. It brought lots of memories back - when my late mother used to cook this a lot. Since BV was not around then she just used normal vinegar, a tsp. of honey (to offset the tardiness) and some caraway seeds. And thats how I have been cooking red cabbage whereever I lived in the world. The trick is NOT to overcook the cabbage - it should have a slight crunch still. All my indian friends simply love it here in Kerala and up in the North. So, instead of tucking into the meat curry, I quickly mad Mom's (and Jamies x) Cabbage and we ate the lot with Chapatti - and I went to sleep with lots of fond memories. Thanks Jamie

13. Renate Thu 22 Jan 2009 @ 14:46 Thanks Jamie - you just "ruined" my evening here in South India. (I am only joking of course) My mother in Germany used to cook this red cabbage, only they did not have balsamic but only normal vinegar. A tiny bit of sugar (or sweetner) can be added to take the "tartness" away for those who do not like the original version.
We are off to London-visiting-soon and no doubt I will have my usual excess luggage, carrying all the books, which we can not get here, back with us.
Good luck to you and Jooles (by the way, I am originally from your part of the woods in the UK)

14. AG Mon 19 Jan 2009 @ 17:13 I tried this last week and this was ok. It was a bit on the tart side. Not for everyone

15. Manni Fri 16 Jan 2009 @ 22:26 Nice dish jaamie,

Cooked it and loved it. Beautiful keep those dishes coming. But one question why does a vegetarian dish has bacon in it. As far as i under stand vegetarian dish is only vegetarian and no meat of any sort. Any way thanks for teaching something new

Manni

16. Sue Sat 10 Jan 2009 @ 17:35 I am another would be cook who would really like to try the red cabbage recipe that you do on the Sainsbury 's advert. Where wil I find the recipe PLEASE? I have never done anything with red cabbage except pickle it!!!

17. Sally Sat 10 Jan 2009 @ 16:41 I really really love this recipe,but it makes me trump like a trooper.

18. Kirsten - South Africa Sat 10 Jan 2009 @ 04:58 I just think you're great !

19. Ian Harris Fri 09 Jan 2009 @ 18:44 Jamie this is awesome. Thanks.. I've made it twice this week!

20. ANDIA SUN Fri 09 Jan 2009 @ 06:38 HI JAMIE,
MY NAME IS CALL ANDIA, I AM A COOK IN A ITALIAN RESTUARANT IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
YOUR RECIPEI HAVE BEEN A GREAT HELP TO ME . AND INFACT IT HAD MADE ME A MUCH BETTER COOK AND MORE INTERESTED TO TRY OUT THE OTHER RECIPEI. KEEP THE RECIPEI COMING.
THANK YOU
MUCH APPRECIATED
ANDIA SUN
TAIPEI

21. elsie Wed 07 Jan 2009 @ 23:15 Jamie you are an inspiration to this granny, who had Welsh/English parents. My mom cooked a lot like you, lots os little tastes and she used her hands to mix. I have one of your books and am saving to buy more and subscribe to the new mag. Bravo. Wonderful foods and great work with the British schools.
You even have my hubby watching your progrmmes without fail - and this is a gent who only know how to make toast,, bless him. But he will eat anything that is one of JAmie's reciprs. :- ) LOL from Nova Scotia - Canada

22. Andy Sun 04 Jan 2009 @ 17:20 I made this at a dinner party last year and everyone loved it.

Andy - busy cooking it again to go with the Sunday roast!!

23. Diana Sat 03 Jan 2009 @ 20:31 I too really want to cook that red cabbage recipe that you do on the Sainsbury's advert!

24. beth Sat 03 Jan 2009 @ 13:56 i am a veggie sorry jamie but i wouldnt eat this

25. Janet Mon 29 Dec 2008 @ 20:14 My son-in-law cooked this for us yesterday, served with roast beef dinner. EXCELLENT, going to cook it myself my other half is addicted

26. Debbie Mon 29 Dec 2008 @ 15:24 This receipe is absolutely delicious! We made it for Christmas and even people who don't normally like cabbage, loved it. We actually ran out and had to make another batch, which I'm sure will disappear quickly! ENJOY!!

27. Lisa Sun 28 Dec 2008 @ 21:55 Cooked this christmas day and it was a big hit, scrumptious!x

28. dolores santos Sun 28 Dec 2008 @ 13:29 recipe for red cabbage on sainsbury advert

29. Ailsa Thu 25 Dec 2008 @ 16:08 This is fantastic! Just made this for christmas dinner! Loved it and I will be making this again.

Yum Yum Yum

30. Matt Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 17:08 mmmmmmm just made this for Christmas diner tomorrow, already ate half of it! very nice!

31. keyah Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 16:08 great food jamie!mmmm...

32. keyah Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 16:02 that looks lovely!mmm...

33. Gordon White Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 15:35 Hi there. I'm also looking for the recipe with the Red Cabbage & Red Onion, It looked delisious

34. Claire Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 10:16 Yes, I would like to make the red cabbage receipe that you do on the Sainbury's advert too. Please let me know the receipe, so I can make it tomorrow!

35. sue jenkins Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 09:26 can you tell me where to find the recipe for red cabbage that you do on the sainsburys advert too. thanks
sue

36. inpreet Wed 24 Dec 2008 @ 01:32 is this the same cabbage dish as the sainsburys advert? i absolutely loved the look of that. definitely going to try this on christmas!

37. Dawn Miller Sun 21 Dec 2008 @ 11:11 I am going to try this dish at christmas, it sounds lovely. Haven't done a lot with red cabbage so looking forward to trying something different. Merry Christmas.x

38. Perry Poole Sun 21 Dec 2008 @ 08:33 I really want to cook the red cabbage recipe that you do on the Sainsbury's advert! Where will I find the recipe please? We've never had red cabbage before but it looks fantastic!

39. ALISON Thu 11 Dec 2008 @ 17:58 Can I make this and freeze it for Christmas?

40. chocolatine Sat 06 Dec 2008 @ 14:20 I cook white cabbage quite the same ( whithout bacon and apple ) but I use caraway seeds, a drop of honey and a splash of cider vinegar at the end...delicious cold too as a salad if the cabbage is keeped crunchy ( cooked 10 to 15 min ).