Red cabbage!

Apart from coleslaw what can i do with them have.

Braised with red wine vinegar

Red cabbage is used also to make Sauerkraut.Plenty of recipes on the net.

My Mum does a great braised red cabbage with apple which is delicious.

i did it last night in a dry fry pan with a little garlic and butter till it lost its crisp my god it was delish.

I pickle it.

Would you provide the recipie you use to picke if it is not too much trouble.

Fry onions, add shredded red cabbage, add some wine vinegar (or other vinegar) or red wine, bay leaves, juniper berries, cloves and simmer until soft. Add peeled sliced apples, salt and adjust seasonings.

Serve with pork roast or very good sausages (not the cheap mutton ones) and mashed potatoes made with cream, nutmeg and a bit of pepper and salt.

Shred finely; cracked pepper; butter and wholegrain mustard. Zap in microwave :-)
Add chopped bacon; kumera and a splash of orange juice for a hot side dish.

Quoteshop-a-holic (76 )6:17 pm, Wed 17 Aug #2
I braise it with apple and caramelised onion, and some nutmeg and butter. the braising liquid is balsamic vinegar.

Quotebill241 (184 )6:47 pm, Wed 17 Aug #3
is that two seperate recipes!

i had some i made into coleslaw then of course the cold hit and i didnt wanna eat it, it was cabbage, spring onions and grated carrot, i cooked a whole red onion in olive oil, pan fried the colelsaw mix adding ginger then a small amount of cooked rice, and some peas.delish as a side dish and tommorrow its lunch!

SPICED RED CABBAGE
½-1 firm red cabbage
1 onion
1 medium cooking apple
2 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp butter
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp each of cinnamon and ground nutmeg
⅛ tsp ground cloves
1 tsp vinegar
shake of white pepper
1 bay leaf
½ cup water
2 tsp cornflour

Cut the cabbage into long fine shreds. Chop the onion and apple. Put into the pan with all the remaining ingredients, except the cornflour.
Cook for about ½ hour, stirring occasionally, drain a little if necessary, then thicken with cornflour and simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve with e.g. lightly fried sliced onions, thick apple sauce, potatoes and any cooked meat.
Serves 6. :-))

Quote245sam (32 )7:30 pm, Wed 17 Aug #5
motorbo, IMO the Spiced Red Cabbage is definitely not sweet - it has the vinegar to balance the sweetness and I guess there's no reason why more than the 1 tsp vinegar couldn't be added to correct it being too sweet for your personal taste; however I really don't believe that any extra would be necessary.
Re the ginger that you added to your mix - what kind of ginger did you use! Powdered ginger shouldn't have added any additional sweetness, neither should fresh/root ginger BUT if you used crystaliised ginger, that form of ginger would definitely add extra sweetness unless the sugar was washed off before the ginger was chopped and added.
Another thought re your cooked mix - did the coleslaw have any dressing with it! If so, I susupect that it may have been the dressing that made your cooked mix "very sweet".
If indeed the dressing was the 'culprit' then should there be another time when you decide to cook your 'dressed' coleslaw mix, I suggest you drain the dressing off the coleslaw and give the vegetable mixture a quick rinse with cold water, then drain it again and proceed with cooking it.
I love ginger and IMO your addition of the ginger should have made your pan-fried coleslaw tasty rather than sweet, but a dash or two of vinegar or lemon juice may have corrected the "very sweet" that you obviously did not find so pleasant.

Hope that helps. :-))

Quote245sam (32 )8:22 pm, Wed 17 Aug #7
yes, apologies, Two different dishes. However, experimenting is key :-)

Quoteshop-a-holic (76 )8:26 pm, Wed 17 Aug #8
Quick fry in some butter with mixed nuts, maybe some raisins, carrot and some parsley. Yummy hot.

Quotebisloy (164 )8:38 pm, Wed 17 Aug #9
hi sam

i shred my cabbage white or red and salt it - leave it then rinse.seriously the ginger and carrot in it was enought to give it a nice mild sweetness that worked for me, no dressing, maybe being an ex smoker it seemed sweet to me

chop up, drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, bake for about 40-50 mins. Yum yum yum.