Traditional Braised Red Cabbage With Apples

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 500 g red cabbage
• 250 g cooking apples, peeled and chopped small
• 250 g onions, chopped small
• 1/2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 8 g butter
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 150°c.
• 2 first discard the tough outer leaves of the cabbage.
• 3 shred the rest of the cabbage finely, i prefer to do it by hand
• 4 in a fairly large casserole, arrange a layer of shredded cabbage seasoned with salt and pepper.
• 5 then a layer of chopped onions and apples with a sprinkling of garlic, spices and sugar. continue with these alternate layers until everything is in.
• 6 pour in the wine vinegar, lastly add dots of butter on the top.
• 7 put a lid on the casserole and let it cook very slowly in the oven for 2-2½ hours, stirring everything around once or twice during the cooking.
• 8 serve (great with lamb).