Crock Pot Baked Spiced Red Cabbage With Apples Or Pears

Total Time: 6 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs red cabbage, shredded finely
• 4 large onions, peeled & finely diced
• 4 large apples or 4 large pears, not peeled, finely diced
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled & finely minced
• 4 tablespoons soft brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• salt & pepper
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1 ounce butter

Recipe

• 1 discard outer leaves of the red cabbage and ut into quarters. cut out the central woody root and then shred the quarters very finely. place in a bowl. cut the apples or pears into quarters, core them & then slice into fine dice and set aside in another bowl.
• 2 place peeled and diced onions into another bowl & make sure all the other ingredients are measured and to hand!
• 3 if cooking in a conventional dutch oven or le creuset type casserole dish, turn oven on to 180 c or 360°f it can be cooked on top of the stove too.
• 4 for cooking in the crockpot - take the inner crock out and start layering the ingredients: red cabbage, then salt & pepper; apples or pears, onions & garlic, then the spices & brown sugar;keep layering this way until everything has been used up.
• 5 (if you would like it slghtly spicier, add a little more spices, but no more than 1 teaspoon per spice, as it will be too spiced & will detract from the apple/pear & red cabbage flavours!).
• 6 dot the top of the red cabbage with the butter and pour over the red wine vinegar.
• 7 season once more with salt & pepper and cook for 6 to 12 hours on high in the crockpot, until everything has broken down, is soft and it is a rich red colour.
• 8 for conventional cooking - cook for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours at 180 c or 360°f i.
• 9 it can be cooked on the stove top too; takes about 2 - 3 hours on a low heat, just a slow simmer.
• 10 pears can be used as well, and i sometimes add a handful of cranberries for a really festive touch!