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

Name: Must-try red cabbage braised with apple, bacon and balsamic vinegar
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: olive oil; 2 rashers higher-welfare 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 pieces; 1 red cabbage outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 150 ml balsamic vinegar; 1 small knob butter; 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves chopped

Delicious with a proper roast

“The classic combo of braised red cabbage and smoky bacon with juicy apple is an absolute winner ”

Serves 4

Cooks In1H 15M

DifficultySuper easy

Vegetables, Christmas, Sunday lunch, Gluten-free

Nutrition per serving

Calories

184

9%
Fat

6.1g

9%
Saturates

1.7g

9%
Protein

4.3g

9%
Carbs

24.4g

9%
Sugars

22.4g

25%

Of an adult's reference intake

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Ingredients

olive oil
2 rashers higher-welfare 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 pieces
1 red cabbage , outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
150 ml balsamic vinegar
1 small knob butter
1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves , chopped

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The classic combo of braised red cabbage and smoky bacon with juicy apple is an absolute winner.
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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