This is John Tovey's:
Take a cabbage, shred it (remove any tough bits). Toss and thoroughly coat in 4oz melted butter.
Peel, core, slice 1lb Granny Smiths. Finely chop 8oz onion.
Put a layer of cabbage in a pot that can go on the hob and in the oven. Sprinkle on some apple, onion and orange zest. Repeat until all used. It needs a big pot - I use my 24cm Le Creuset which is about 4 lires.
Liquidise: half pint red wine, 2 tbsp vinegar, 2 tbsp brown sugar, juice of 2 oranges, 2 cloves garlic and spices (qtr tsp each of nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, thyme, caraway seeds). Pour over cabbage and bring to boil. Then bake in oven for 20 min at Gas 5.
Trill: the apple mushes down to nothing and gets lost in the general spiciness; it is not sweet.
The recipe might sound a bit of a faff but it makes about eight family-sized servings and can be done well in advance.