Drowning in red cabbage. Need ideas OTHER THAN shredded and braised etc

[BroccoliSpears]

I am bad. For 2 weeks now I have ignored the red cabbage that arrived in our veg box. Yesterday we got a third.

I don't even make very nice braised red cabbage.

What else can I do?

Red cabbage pasta sauce?
Red cabbage omelette?
Red cabbage chip cookies?

Hmm I have them same problem but last one got turned into a coleslaw. Slice it very fine and add grated carrot and a dressing to suit your taste (either mayonaise/yohurt with ww vinegar and mustard or a french dressing)

Stuffed cabbage leaves? Cabbage soup?

Stuffed cabbage leaves? Cabbage soup?

Wondered about red coleslaw. Was it good then?

Am not leaping with glee at the thought of red cabbage soup. Could stuff them I s'pose. Ooooh the faff!

pmsl. Personally, I think unless it's braised and served with roast meat, red cabbage is pretty shite. Sorry!

Lol Mrs M - I tend to agree. Hence the three bloody things staring at me reproachfully from the veggie box.

We fry it with garlic and chili and red onions, for ages. (Half an hour at least) Slosh in some red wine/cider vinegar towards the end. V nice with sausages or cold meat,

Do you like beetroot? You can make a borscht-like soup using red cabbage and beetroot.

It's actually nice raw in salads if you shred it finely - nice and crunchy.

Pickle it? Lasts forever and really nice with things like cottage pie

Oh red cabbage is great, I always do this same thing with it, its even nicer the next day cold on cheese on toast.

Heat some butter in a large saucepan, fry a chopped red onion till soft. Now add everything else at once- 1 chopped red apple. 1 chopped red cabbage. A couple of handfuls of raisins, or cranberries if you have them. A big slosh of balsmaic vinegar. A couple of big table spoons of muscavdo sugar. Put the lid on and leave it on a low hear for about half an hour or so, stirring it once or twice.

I dont even know whats its called, but its very nice.

delicious with coleslaw - carrot, mayonnaise, seeds and raisins is our favourite

BS yes it is nice but make sure to slice it finely and even better when left overnight (with dressing!) in the fridge

WIll try DDbeliever receipe as sounds nice next time we have a red cabbage

We had this with pheasant the other night and it was deeelicious! Set aside 2 hours though!

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.

Hope you like it!

braise in huge batches (as daydreambeliever or pinkpussycat's recipes) and freeze - tis great to be able to pull out a bagful to have with roast without the 2h cooking every time

So no red cabbage muffin recipes then?

Thank you for the suggestions. I have sworn to use the blasted cabbages before they go bad so will get lots of opportunities to sample your suggestions.

This evening I did cauliflour and mushroom bake not with red cabbage.

Tomorrow was thinking perhaps a squash and pepper omelette not with red cabbage.

Oh dear. Will definitely make slaw tomorrow. I do love a cheese and slaw sarnie.

Tempted to pickle one too... that appeals.
Or maybe a borscht-like soup...

I am simply not one of life's batch cookers. Can't. Won't. Never going to happen.

oh god i am in the same position!

i put it in veg soup today - bad idea - the soup went blue!!

Hi,you could make a red cabbage chilli.

Just make a chilli con carne as you would normally.
Place in a casserole dish.
Cook the red cabbage and place cabbage on top of the chilli mix.
Mix some breadcrumbs with some wholegrain mustard and grated cheese and sprinkle on top.

Bake in oven at 190 for about 30-40 mins until the topping is crisp and brown.

Coleslaw.
There is also a recipe that involves covering chicken pieces with red cabbage and (I think) wine and cooking for hours. And the cabbage turns into a sauce. It sounds odd but it's rather nice. It's one of Marcella Hazan's recipes, on her website.

Ooops meant to say, red cabbage needs to be cooked in something acidic (hence the vinegar etc) or it will go blue! And nobody likes blue food...!
(sorry newgirl)

ahh thanks pink pussy cat! that will teach me for trying something not in a recipe book!

Hehe! I bet it tasted lovely in spite of the colour, newgirl. That's the kind of thing the dc's would love. Novelty soup!

stir fry! That's my answer to my many veg box dilemnas. Last week I tried stir frying the red cabbage with broccoli, carrots, and tofu. Marinated the tofu ahead of time with soya sauce/sesame oil/cornstarch/brown sugar and served it with noodles.

My DP makes a lovely version of dolmades using cabbage leaves, I will ask him for the recipe later

rose elliott does that mixture of red cabbage apples and raisins in crepes

sounds fab especially with creme fraiche or similar

Asian coleslaw with a dressing of lime juice, soy, sesame, grated carrot, spring onion, coriander leaves, toasted seeds. Keeps well and gets more marinated the longer you leave it.