Nice things to do with red cabbage and sproouts?

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They are a christmas tradition but I have not got a clue what to do with them apart from boiling!! Sprouts and bacon rings a bell somewhere but I am clueless and want to do christmas dinner with all the trimmings and have everything else sorted help please!

SPROUTS not SPROOUTS!!!!!!

Does anybody in your family actually like sprouts?

put them out of their misery with a ceremonial burning.

bin them and replace with nice veg.

I have a fab recipe for red cabbage with apples, it has to cook for a couple of hours but it delish. Will go look it out.

hahahahhaha no I hate the things would happily bin them but dh insists they are part of christmas blah blah blah lol plus we have his dad coming as well so hopefully a few will get eaten. Otherwise poor dc3 will have them mushed for weeks!

Oh and thanks Mmelindt would be very gratful

Can't help you with sprouts though. Yuk.

Ok. Hope I can translate this correctly. It is a German recipe, very traditional one. Goes well with pork and poultry, particularly goose and duck.

Rotkohl nach Mutters Art - Mama's Red Cabbage

1kg red cabbage (I use a whole one)

1 large onion

3 sour apples

60g goose fat

1 bay leaf

cloves

salt

2 dsp white wine vinegar

125ml water (or white/red wine)

1 dsp plain flour

2 dsp water

2 dsp blackcurrant gelee (optional)

Wash and slice the cabbage, very finely. Chop the onion and the apples.

Saute the onion and the cabbage in the goose fat then add the apple, bay leaf, a couple of cloves, salt, sugar, vinegar and the gelee. Add the water and simmer for 2 hours with lid on, at a low heat.

Mix the flour with 2 dsp water and use this to thicken the sauce.

Yum yum yum.

I make a huge batch and freeze some.

oooh sounds delicious! will get onto that soon and freeze ahead of the big day!!!

I slice my sprouts then fry them off crispy panchetta and chestnuts, DH likes a little garlic instead of the chestnuts in his.

oooh 2 great ideas!! loving the sound of the sprouts....well i never thought i'd say that!

For the sprouts, we fry a little chopped streaky bacon till brown, add the sprouts, put a lid on and then gently steam in their own juice intil just done - don't overdo them.

The red cabbage is pretty close to MmeLindt,

Fry an onion, add shredded red cabbage, put lid on and shake, cook gently for a few moments till cabbage starts to wilt. Add chopped apple, spoon of brown sugar, spoon of vinegar, juice of half a lemon and seasoning. (my dh likes a pinch of carraway in this)

Cook gently with a lid on for 1 to 1.5 hrs. This does freeze well.