How To Make Braised Red Cabbage With Apple | Waitrose

red cabbage

🥗Healthier: green cabbage

💰Cheaper: white cabbage

Green cabbage is often less expensive and still provides a similar texture.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and provides a different flavor profile.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness while brown sugar is often more affordable.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers a milder taste and is often preferred for flavor.

Melt butter in a large pan.

Thinly slice a large onion and add it to the pan to soften.

Quarter the red cabbage, remove the core, and slice it into strips.

Quarter the Bramley apple, remove the core, and coarsely grate it.

Check the onions; once tender, add half a teaspoon of ground allspice and a quarter teaspoon of grated nutmeg to the pan.

Stir the spices into the onions and cook for a few moments until fragrant.

Add the sliced cabbage, grated apple, light muscavado sugar, red wine vinegar, and water to the pan.

Stir everything together and cover the pan with a lid.

Cook gently for about an hour until the cabbage is tender.

After an hour, add a couple of tablespoons of red currant jelly to the cabbage and stir to combine.

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