German Red Cabbage
photo by Lori Mama
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 medium head red cabbage, cored and sliced
- 2 large tart apples, peeled and sliced
- 1 medium sweet onion, sliced and separated into rings
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 peppercorns
- 2 whole allspice
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons cold water
directions
- In a large pot with tight fitting lid, toss together cabbage, apples and onion.
- Add water, vinegar, sugar, butter and salt.
- Place the peppercorns, allspice, cloves and bay leaf on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with kitchen string to form a bag.
- Add spice bag to pot.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours.
- Remove spice bag. I.
- In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir in cabbage mixture.
- Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
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Reviews
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Maybe my cabbage was unusually large but think this would serve many more than 6. I used granny smiths and chicken broth instead of water. I knew from reading the reviews at other site that this was on sweet side so reduced sugar to 1/3 cup but still found it too sweet-1/4 cup like a reviewer here suggested would be better. I made this two days ahead so flavors would meld. The day I served I reheated in crock pot. My slurry was 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water.
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Very easy and soooo good! I used a large head of red cabbage and an extra green apple, used tsp. allspice, cloves and cinnamon and added a hearty squeeze of Thai hot chili sauce. I did increase the sugar to 1 cup and it is perfect! Thank you Galley Wench for a great recipe and a wonderful addition to my "healthy" sidedish collection...oh yeah, and I left out the butter completely, finding once again that if you never add it you never miss it!!!! And you are so right about it smelling good...all three of my foster kids and my own teenager made their way into the kitchen at one point or another asking "what's for dinner? it smells soooo good!!!"
Tweaks
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added 6 slices cut bacon 1/2 the butter and cooked the onion and apple first. used brown sugar instead of white. used 2 tablespoons of pickling spices instead of individual spices in this recipe. did not use cheese cloth just mix in well and stirred in. adjusted sweetness or sourness by adding a little apple juice or extra apple cider vinegar towards the end of cooking. tested out on my wife and sister in law for Oktoberfest party. both said it was great. thought so myself.
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Maybe my cabbage was unusually large but think this would serve many more than 6. I used granny smiths and chicken broth instead of water. I knew from reading the reviews at other site that this was on sweet side so reduced sugar to 1/3 cup but still found it too sweet-1/4 cup like a reviewer here suggested would be better. I made this two days ahead so flavors would meld. The day I served I reheated in crock pot. My slurry was 2 tablespoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Galley Wench
Oro Valley, Arizona
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