Gourmet Cabbage Butter - Transform Your Greens!

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 green cabbage (any dark green variety)
• water
• ice
• 250 g salted butter (softened but not melted)
• 6 anchovies (in oil)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves
• 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon rind

Recipe

• 1 to make the butter, put everything except the butter into the bowl of a food processor, whizz until finely chopped and then add to the butter. mash everything together until all is incorporated, roll into a sausage shape and store in greaseproof paper in the fridge or freezer as needed.
• 2 to make the cabbage half it and cut out the core. separate the leaves starting at the outside and cut any large ones into halves and quarters.
• 3 bring a pan of water to the boil, add a little salt along with the cabbage, bring back to the boil, lower the heat just a little and simmer for 5 minutes only.
• 4 have a large bowl of ice water ready and immediately plunge the cabbage into it to stop the cooking process - this is really important.
• 5 once cold, drain the cabbage well and reserve until needed.
• 6 melt a large hunk of the flavoured butter in a pan over a medium heat and allow to sizzle for just less than 1 minute without browning.
• 7 add the prepared cabbage (you may have to do this in 2 batches) and heat gently until hot, completely coated with the butter and any excess water has evaporated off. season with a little salt and plenty of pepper.
• 8 fight over the last pieces and dream about having your next cabbage fest!