how do I cook red cabbage?

[FairyFay]

Help please....... I bought a small red cabbage for us to have with our roast chicken tonight. I usually just steam it in the same way as I would a white cabbage - but I just wondered if anyone could give me a more interesting way of cooking it? Thank you

boil it until tender or however you like it.

or steam it.

We had this with pheasant the other night and it was deeelicious!

1 red cabbage, shredded
1 onion, finely choped
75g beef dripping or other fat
2 Tbsp brown (or white) sugar
1 apple, chopped
3 Tbsp red wine/cider vinegar
300ml beef stock
1 Tbsp flour
4 Tbsp cream, sour cream or creme fraiche

Cook the onion in the fat until it starts to colour. Add sugar and stir till golden. Add the cabbage + apple, then the vinegar and some salt + pepper. Cover + cook for 15 mins on low heat.
Add the hot stock and cook for a further 2 hours Cream the flour to a paste in a cup + add in stages to the pot. Taste + add more vinegar/sugar as preferred.

Sounds like a faff but it was sooo worth it... I had enough leftovers for another 4 servings which I then froze.

Have fun!

OOOh that sounds lovely

drooooooool that sounds delicious. Unfortunately I have no apple and not enough time to do it in, but I will store that away, and add red cabbage to my list for next week. Thanks

Braised slowly with red wine, vinegar, cloves, a little sugar, onion and apple is the only way to make red cabbage palatable IMO.

Oh I've got a lovely recipe. With balsamic vinegar and not much else. Do you want it?

yes pls, ahundredtimes, I'd like to try it out in the future

Whenever I have tried to do something fancy with red cabbage it all goes a bit pale! How do you get that glossy deep red finish?

I am going to try PinkPussyCat's recipe tonight. Not sure what with at the moment - maybe just on it's own it sounds so good!!

ooooh McDreamy..... so flattered! Was it good...?

(Apparently in order to keep the colour you need to cook it in something acidic, hence the vinegar... sorry poncing again!!)

Well......you obviously know what you're taking about PinkPussyCat.....it was fabulous and very red and glossy - thank you. I really would recommend it.

this sounds so good!

delicous! thank you