Classic red cabbage

Name: Classic red cabbage
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Red cabbage (approx. 1 kg); 2 Onions; 2 Apples (approx. 400 g); 2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter; 50 ml Cider vinegar; 100 ml dry red wine; 100 ml apple juice; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Juniper berries; 2 Cloves; 1 Cinnamon stick; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 7-10 Tbsp Sugar

AUTHOR
Kate Willis

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Red cabbage (approx. 1 kg)
2 Onions
2 Apples (approx. 400 g)
2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
50 ml Cider vinegar
100 ml dry red wine
100 ml apple juice
1 Bay leaf
2 Juniper berries
2 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
7-10 Tbsp Sugar

Directions

1
Remove the outer leaves of the red cabbage. Wash the red cabbage under cold running water. Quarter the cabbage and cut the stalk out wedge-shaped with a sharp kitchen knife. Cut the red cabbage with a sharp kitchen knife into 2-3 mm fine strips. If you have a vegetable slicer, then slice the cabbage on the knife side.
2
Onions peel, halve and in fine strips cut. Wash and quarter apples, remove core and cut apples first into slices, then into large pieces.
3
Heat clarified butter in a large pot. Sauté onions for 2-3 minutes. Add red cabbage. Stir well. Add vinegar, wine and apple juice, bring to the boil while stirring.
4
Season with laurel, juniper, cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, pepper and about 2 teaspoons of sugar. Fold apple pieces into the red cabbage. Now cover the red cabbage and let it stew at medium heat for about 1 hour. Do not forget: Stir from time to time. At the end of the cooking time season again with salt, pepper and sugar.