Red cabbage braised with apples

Red cabbage braised with apples

πŸ•’ Time to Prepare: 10 Minutes || πŸ•’ Time to cook: 60Minutes

An old fashioned dish for the holiday dinner table. Braising cabbage this way makes it lusciously silky and aromatic with the flavours of spice and fruit. The enchanting sweet-and-sour taste comes from the green apples, cider vinegar and Blyss monkfuit.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 2 slices thick-cut bacon cut into 1/2β€³ wide strips
  • 1 1/2 tbs unsalted butter
  • 1 medium yellow onion thinly sliced
  • coarse salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • 2 small green apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp grated fresh ginger
  • 1 medium head red cabbage, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cider vinegar
  • 2 tbs Blyss monkfruit sweetener

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees
  2. Fry the bacon: combine the oil and bacon in a deep large ovenproof skillet on medium heat till bacon begins to crisp. Set aside.
  3. Saute the aromatics and wilting the cabbage: Add the butter to the bacon fat and stir in the sliced onion. Season with salt and pepperfor 2 min. Add apple and ginger and stir to combine. Increase heat and add cabbage, saute for 6min. Add vinegar and Blyss. Add the bacon. Stir and let liquid come to a boil.Β 
  4. To braise: cover the pan and place in the middle of the oven. Stir every 20min. Bake for 1hr.
  5. Serve warm.

Nutritional Information

  • CaloriesΒ 364
  • FatΒ 34.7 g
  • ProteinΒ 16.3 g
  • CarbohydratesΒ 3 g
  • FiberΒ 0.1 g

By: Molly Stevens
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