Swedish Red Cabbage

Submitted by Miss Annie

"The explosion of flavors in this dish of cabbage are really a nice experience. It has a nice texture and it goes well with pork or beef or chicken."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 4 green apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 lbs red cabbage, shredded
• 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄3 cup red wine
• 2 tablespoons currant jelly

directions

1. Melt butter in a heavy large Dutch oven over medium high heat.
2. Add apples and onion and saute until tender, about 10 minutes.
3. Stir in cabbage and stir frequently for about 8 minutes.
4. Stir in sugar, vinegar, salt, cloves, and allspice.
5. Cover and cook until cabbage is crisp-tender about 10 minutes.
6. Uncover and add red wine and jelly and cook 5 minutes more.
7. Add salt and pepper to taste if desired.

Reviews

[EllenEd]

This is a wonderful side dish. I had actually had it several years ago in a restaurant and had experimented trying to make it. I had come close but the current jelly really sets it off. I did cut down a little on the apples. This will become a family staple. Thanks!!

 

[PalatablePastime]

This red cabbage really tastes great! It has a little different flavor from the usual red cabbage dishes. The spices in it were subtle, such as the clove, and set it apart from the usual German fare and gave it a Northern European taste. The wine was not strong either, it mellowed out and was not noticable at all except that it gave a nice complexity. It was easy to make, especially with an apple peeler/corer/slicer. Those make quick work of apples! This is definitely a dish to make again! Thanks, Miss Annie, for a wonderful dish!

 

[Sky Valley Cook]

Served this as a side dish with Swedish Meatballs. Very good. A lot of flavor. Will definately make again. Thank you for sharing.

 

[wildhorse]

Thank you so much for posting this recipe. I could not follow it exactly, but it was still WONDERFUL. My husband won't eat sweet(except desserts) so I omitted the brown sugar and the currant jelly. I used canola oil in place of butter. Still, this dish was absolutely delicious! I'm sure it would be even better with the sugar and jelly and I will try it as written at the first opportunity. MMMM, MMMMM! Still makes 5 stars in my book! Thank you again, Miss Annie!

 

[Kevin Young]

Very recommended side dish. This was very simple, and very good. The flavors came together nicely but nothing really overpowered anything else. Very many flavors for such a simple recipe. Thank you.