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I picked up a red cabbage really cheap at the store the other day. It was marked as a second. I don't know why as there didn't appear to be anything wrong with it, but it was roughly half the price of the ordinary ones. I don't mind seconds in most things . . . and certainly not in a cabbage which I am going to braise.
I had been craving braised red cabbage for a while and thought to have it with some pan grilled sausages and mashed potatoes. A dinner which would please the Toddster to no end!
This recipe is a culmination of years of testing and trying a variety of braised red cabbage recipes. I have tried a lot of different ones through the years and this recipe here today is the end result of taking the best bits of each and what worked out the best for me.
The end result is a delicious side dish which is neither too sweet, nor too sour . . . and lightly spiced with a bit of cinnamon, cloves and freshly grated nutmeg. I like to use brown sugar for that slight molasses quality it lends . . .
I'm also rather lazy when it comes to cooking and I have managed to cut out any pre-wilting of the cabbage. You simply just cut up your cabbage, onions and apples and layer them in a casserole dish. The spiced and sweetened vinegar gets poured over top and then the whole thing is baked under a tight cover in a slow oven for a few hours, with the end result being some of the best braised red cabbage you could ever want to eat. If it's not . . . I'll eat my apron! (I don't wear a hat!)
*Braised Red Cabbage and Apple*
Makes 6 servings
Printable Recipe
A delicious side dish which goes very well with pork, duck, goose, turkey and venison. Very simple to make. You just combine all of the ingredients and bake in a tightly covered casserole dish.
1 small head of red cabbage, trimmed, cored and thinly shredded with a sharp knife
(Don't grate it. You want thin strands.)
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
4 TBS butter
1 TBS soft light brown sugar, packed
1 tsp coarse salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 heaped dessert spoon of red currant jelly
80ml of water (1/3 cup)
80ml of distilled white vinegar (1/3 cup)
Melt the butter. Whisk in the sugar, water, spices, jelly and vinegar. Bring to the boil to dissolve sugar and jelly. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 160*C/325*F/ gas mark 3.
Layer the cabbage, onion and apple in a large casserole dish. Pour the hot mixture of spiced vinegar over top. Cover tightly. Roast in the heated oven for one and 3/4 hour to two hours, until the cabbage is wilted and very tender. Serve warm. Any leftovers can be gently reheated or frozen for future use.
Cabbage is a real favourite vegetable around here. Filled with vitamin C and loads of other vitamins and anti-oxidents, it's very, very good for you. It's also quite low in calories, so it's a great diet food as well. (I'm quite sure most of you will have heard of the cabbage soup diet!)
A lot of people don't like the smell of it cooking, but I am afraid I'm a wierdo. The smell of cooking cabbage sets my tastebuds to tingling in anticipation. It's one of my all time favourite smells!
My mother always made the most delicious cabbage rolls. She cooked them in her largest aluminum wearever cook pot. She'd layer them in the pot along with big chunks of carrot and potato, and huge wedges of cabbage. She had no secret sauce, simply a large tin of tomatoes . . . the flavours of all the vegetables made for a really rich broth and intense flavours. We all loved them! They were a real treat!
As many times as I have made them myself, mine never quite taste as good as the memory of hers. They are one of the things I always look forward to eating the most when we go home to visit . . . along with her homemade pea soup, her beef stew and a big pot of her homemade baked beans . . .
My mom also makes the world's absolute best coleslaw. She slices the cabbage very thinly by hand, and then chops it up really fine along with carrot, cucumber, celery and onion. Her dressing is a bit of this and a bit of that . . . I don't think she ever makes it the same way twice, but no matter . . . it's always really, really good.
My mother's father used to make his own sauerkraut. He made it according to folklore and the moon, and it was always just wonderful. In fact, the juice from the raw kraut has been used in my family for many years to cure various ailments and sicknesses. It is a taste I love, both raw and cooked.
My mother always cooked it along with ham hocks and served it up with big piles of mashed potatoes. I always liked to slather my potatoes with lots of butter, and then stir the kraut into them. It was sooo very tasty to me . . .
I guess you could say that cabbage is like the ultimate comfort food for me, fresh or pickled. It evokes so many lovely childhood memories.
I discovered this particular recipe several years ago in a cookery book by Tamasin Day-Lewis, entitled, Tamasin's Weekend Food. It has since become a real favourite of ours.
The mixture of the cabbage and the sausage meat creates a magical taste combination that is unbeatable . . . the long slow cooking breaks the cabbage down until it is almost buttery . . . the juices of the cabbage and sausage melding together into a melting deliciousness that is just the best flavour in the world.
We like to serve this with mashed potatoes, but baked potatoes are equally as good.
This is just good cookin . . . plain and simple . . . extraordinary flavours . .. a wonderful taste treat for a cold and wet late autumn afternoon . . .
This is one of those recipes which only serves to prove that delicious needn't be complicated!
*Stuffed Cabbage Trou Style*
Serves 4
Printable Recipe
I got this tasty recipe a few years back via a cookery book by Tamasin Day-Lewis, who got hers from Jane Grigson. With so many great cooks involved, how could it fail to be delicious! Simple ingredients, but the flavour is spectacular.
3 to 41/2 pounds of cabbage, cut into thin strips
1 1/2 pounds of good quality, free range sausages
salt and pepper to taste
butter
Pre-heat the oven to 150*C/300*F. Generously butter a large casserole dish. Set aside. Cut a piece of greaseproof paper to fit the top and set this aside as well.
Place the sliced cabbage into a large pot of salted water and bring to the boil. Cook for five minutes, then drain well. Run cold water over it to stop it from cooking any further and drain well again.
Remove the skins from the sausages and discard.
Layer 1/3 of the cooked cabbage in the casserole dish. Season well with salt and pepper. Top with 1/2 of the sausage meat, pressing it out to fit over the cabbage. Top with another 1/3 of the cabbage. Season again and then top with the remaining sausage meat, pressing it out as before. Top with the last of the cabbage, season again and then dot with some butter. Cover tightly with a layer of greaseproof and the the lid of the casserole dish. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until the cabbage is meltingly tender. Serve, sliced into wedges with your choice of side dishes. We like buttery mashed potatoes and steamed beans with this. Delicious!
It was quite chilly and rainy the other day and so I decided to make us a nice pot of hot soup for our midday meal. You can't beat a bowl of soup on a cold and drizzly day!
After nosing around the refrigerator I found some ham that needed using as well as some cabbage. I do so love cabbage in a soup and cabbage goes very well with ham! I almost yelled Bingo!
I always keep a variety of chicken stock cubes/pots in my larder. They come in handy for all sorts. Chicken, beef, fish, vegetable, lamb, ham . . . I use them all. They are convenient and work well for all sorts of things.
For this soup I used ham and chicken stocks. You could also use just chicken stock, but I wanted a bit of a smokey flavour.
Cubes of ham are first glazed in a mix of brown sugar and a tiny bit of oil. Try not to overcook the ham, as it can dry out really quickly.
After that you saute leek and onion, and some garlic . . . slowly softened without browning and then simmered in a thickened stock until all are melting tender.
After that you add the some potato and let it simmer until the spuds are tender. Then you add the remaining stock, cabbage, return the ham to the pot and add a bit of white wine vinegar. Trust me on this. It's perfect. While that is simmering make the dumplings.
Who doesn't love dumplings??? Not me! We both adore them in this house. The sight of a dumpling has been known to make my husband jump up and down and rub his hands together in glee! Okay . . . a slight exaggeration, but he does love them a lot!
Cheesy dumplings . . . so good.
These are really tender and delicious. They are the perfect addition to a really tasty soup.
Altogether this is a really, really tasty pot of soup. Nourishing, delicious and filling.
You are going to love this soup. You really are!
Yield: 6
Cabbage & Ham Soup with Cheese Dumplings
prep time: 40 minscook time: 1 hour and 10 minstotal time: 1 hours and 50 mins
Be judicious when you add salt as ham can be quite salty. This is a delicious soup!
ingredients:
For the soup:
60ml vegetable oil (1/4 cup)
350g smoked ham, cut into cubes (11 ounces)
2 tsp soft light brown sugar
2 onions, peeled and thinly sliced
2 leeks, trimmed, washed and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1 TBS plain flour
1 litre ham stock (6 cups)
480ml chicken stock (2 cups)
black pepper to taste, coarsely ground
3 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2 savoy cabbage, finely shredded
1 TBS white wine vinegar
For the dumplings:
30g cold butter, cut into small bits (1 ounce)
280g self raising flour (2 cups)
60g finely grated cheddar cheese (2 ounces)
2 tsp finely chopped thyme
120ml water (1/2 cup)instructions:
Heat 1 TBS of the oil in a large saucepan. Add the ham and sugar.
Saute over high heat, stirring continuously, for about 5 minutes, or
until just golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper
towels. Add the remaining oil along with the leek, garlic and onion.
Reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
to make sure they don't catch, without browning. Stir in the flour and
cook for one minute. Remove from the heat and add the ham stock
gradually. Return to the heat and bring to the boil, stirring, then
reduce and cover. Cook for about half an hour. Add the potato to the
pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the chicken stock, ham,
cabbage and vinegar. Season with black pepper. Cook for a further 10
minutes while you make the dumplings.
Saute over high heat, stirring continuously, for about 5 minutes, or
until just golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper
towels. Add the remaining oil along with the leek, garlic and onion.
Reduce heat to low and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
to make sure they don't catch, without browning. Stir in the flour and
cook for one minute. Remove from the heat and add the ham stock
gradually. Return to the heat and bring to the boil, stirring, then
reduce and cover. Cook for about half an hour. Add the potato to the
pan and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the chicken stock, ham,
cabbage and vinegar. Season with black pepper. Cook for a further 10
minutes while you make the dumplings.
Sift the
flour into a bowl. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips
until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Stir in the cheese and
thyme. Stir in the water to bind the mixture together. Drop by heaped
TBS into the hot soup. Cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until the
dumplings are cooked through, plump and look dry on top.
flour into a bowl. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips
until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Stir in the cheese and
thyme. Stir in the water to bind the mixture together. Drop by heaped
TBS into the hot soup. Cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until the
dumplings are cooked through, plump and look dry on top.
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The leftovers were even tastier. The dumplings were a bit soggy as they had sat in the soup overnight, but that didn't bother us one bit! We will take dumplings any way we can get them! Bon Appetit!
Hello Autumn! We are coming into one of my favorite cooking seasons now. Autumn, with all of its delicious flavors and colors.
Cooling temperatures also mean that we are not afraid to turn our oven on, and the autumn harvest means that we have an abundance of fresh local vegetables available for us to enjoy! I do so love the Autumn!
I also love Pot Roasting. Especially when it means combining tender pork with fresh carrots and cabbage wedges! This Pot Roasted Pork with Cabbage and carrots is one of my favorite meals to cook when the temperatures start dropping and the nights begin to draw in.
A long slow braise results in succulent moist pork, tender roasted carrots, butter tender cabbage and a rich gravy that is to die for.
The other day I picked up a boneless pork loin rib roast. It looked so good. I knew I was in for a real treat!
The boneless rib is the rib portion of the loin, closest to the shoulder. A similar cut to the center pork loin but with more marbling and better flavor. It is comparable to the prime rib in beef, except a whole lot cheaper!
The rib end has slightly more fat than the center so therefore juicier and is easier to carve with the bones removed. It adapts well to a brine, marinades, glazes, dry rubs. And it works beautifully in an oven braise such as this recipe I am sharing today!
Garlic is a flavor that marries very well with pork. In order to inject real garlic flavor into my roast I like to insert slivers of garlic. (I do this to beef roasts as well.)
Its such an easy thing to do and really adds to the flavors of meat, vegetables and gravy. You will need a small sharp knife. I make deep cuts all over the top of my roast and push slivers of garlic down into them. Just make sure you don't cut all the way through.
You will need a small head of cabbage and about 4 carrots and a small onion.
I rubbed the pork all over with salt and pepper and Bell's seasoning when I had finished inserting the garlic. Bell's seasoning is a type of poultry seasoning.
Then I strained all of the pan juices into the saucepan, pressing the onion to extract all of that flavor and scraping any puree which gathered on the bottom of the sieve into the gravy as well.
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Its pretty much only available in New England, but I make my own, which is very close to the real thing. You can find a link to my recipe for it in the recipe notes below.
You will find that it is something which you will find yourself turning to time after time. Its great in stuffings and stews and for rubbing onto pork or chicken. I make a fresh batch every year and it always gets used up!
I like to peel and slice an onion, which I place in the middle of my large casserole/lasagna type of baking dish. I don't have a roaster as such, not yet.
I place the rubbed pork on top of the sliced onion, where it acts as a sort of trivet for the meat. Kind of like a roasting rack, but with a heck of a lot more flavor!
The onions not only flavor the meat and hold it up, but they also add great flavor to the gravy. My son in law doesn't like onions and won't eat anything he thinks has onions in it. I cannot imagine.
The onions absorb lots of flavor from the meat, its a kind of symbiosis where they help each other out beautifully. I always press the onions through a sieve when all is said and done and you cannot imagine how tasty that onion puree makes that gravy!
The cabbage gets cut into quarters. I leave the core in. This helps to keep the cabbage intact while it cooks and it does get really tender.
I place one quarter into each corner of the pan. I then place the peeled and quartered carrots around the cabbage and roast.
Finally I pour two cups of chicken stock into the pan. The magic elixir that will not only help to tenderize everything, but also add even more flavor.
I like to use the Knorr gel stock pots. I was so happy to find them here in Canada. I really think they are the best things to use in cooking, and I use them a LOT.
You will either need to use a roasting pan/dish which has a cover, or you will need to tightly cover the roast in aluminum foil. I chose the latter and I used three layers. I wanted to really keep all of the moisture in there.
You can now go off and do whatever else your day is calling you to do and let the oven do all the work. About an hour and a quarter later, your meat and vegetables should be cooked and tender. Of course this timing depends on the size of your roast.
Generally speaking pork will take about 25 minutes per pound to roast to perfection. Once that is achieved, I uncovered everything and poured a tablespoon of maple syrup over top of the meat.
Just to add an additional layer of flavor and glaze it a tiny bit. Another 15 minutes and the meal was done.
I had meltingly tender cabbage, almost buttery in texture. Oh how I love that stuff. My carrots were nicely cooked as well. For a meal like this you don't want your carrots to be crispy tender.
Roasted tender is what you want. And of course both ingredients also add flavor to the pan juices. You will need to remove your meat and vegetables to a platter and loosely tend them while you make that tasty gravy!
This vintage Corelle sauce boat and plate was a gift from my sister.
I love it!
I took a leaf from my sister when it came to making the gravy. She always melts some butter in a sauce pan and whisks in flour. There was not a lot of fat on the meat, so I felt okay using butter.
Once the butter starts to foam, I whisk in the butter and cook the two together for about a minute or so. This helps to cook out the flour taste.
Then I strained all of the pan juices into the saucepan, pressing the onion to extract all of that flavor and scraping any puree which gathered on the bottom of the sieve into the gravy as well.
Oh my. What a lovely gravy this is. I could drink it like hot chocolate. It IS that darned delicious!!
With a few boiled potatoes on the side or some mash, you have a meal fit for a King or a Queen here. I guarantee nobody will be complaining and your house will smell wonderful!
You cannot ask for a better pork with cabbage recipe. This ticks all of the boxes.
Tender succulent meat. Check! Beautifully cooked vegetables. Check!!. Flavor filled gravy. Check!!! This was the perfect way to usher in Autumn! Happy Fall, Y'all!
Pot Roast Pork with Cabbage & Carrots
Yield: 4
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 1 H & 45 MTotal time: 2 Hour
Moist and tender roast pork with a flavor filled gravy and tender wedges of cabbage and carrots on the side.
Ingredients
- 1 Pork Loin Rib Roast (mine was about 2 1/2 - 3 pounds in weight)
- 3 fat cloves of garlic, peeled and cut into slivers
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp Bell's Seasoning (can use Poultry seasoning)
- 1 small onion, peeled and sliced
- 4 carrots, peeled and cut into 3 inch lengths
- 1 small head of cabbage, cut into 4 wedges
- 2 cups (480ml) chicken broth
- 1 TBS Maple Syrup
To make the Gravy:
- 1 TBS butter
- 1 TBS flour
- pan juices from the roast
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Have ready a large deep roasting casserole dish.
- Using a sharp knife, make deep stabs in the surface of your roast. Take care not to cut all the way through to the bottom. You just want pocket. Shove a sliver of garlic into each pocket. Rub the roast all over with the salt, pepper, and Bell's seasoning.
- Place the sliced onion in the middle of the roasting casserole. Pop the pork roast on top of the onion. Place the cabbage wedges and carrots around the roast. Pour the chicken stock into the pan and then cover the pan completely and tightly with a heavy sheet of foil. If you pan has a lid, just pop on the lid.
- Roast the pork in the preheated oven for 25 minutes per pound of meat. I roasted mine for approximately 1 1/4 hours. The juices should run clear, and the vegetables should be tender.
- Uncover and spoon the maple syrup over the pork. Return to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and remove the pork and vegetables to a serving platter. Loosely tent with foil while you make the gravy.
- To make the gravy, melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour and whisk to combine, cooking over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Strain the juices from the roasting pan into the saucepan through a fine mesh sieve. (I like to push the onion through to a puree. It adds nice flavor to the gravy. Discard any solids.) Cook, over medium heat, whisking constantly until the mixture comes to the boil and thickens.
- Serve the pork cut into slices along with the vegetables. Pass the gravy at the table.
- Potatoes go well with this. Mashed, roasted, boiled, baked. All are good.
Notes:
You can find my recipe for Bell's Seasoning here.
Well, here we are. It's the end of the week and I find myself looking through the refrigerator to find all of the bits and pieces and trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Not that I mind really . . . I quite like the challenge of looking in the refrigerator and seeing what I can come up with. It makes things more exciting.
I suppose my experience in years and years of cooking helps me a lot in that way . . . that and my love of all things culinary, because it means that I have a natural aptitude for knowing just what flavours go with what.
That is one of the things about cooking which really excites me. Being able to look at a bunch of ingredients and then turn them into something delicious!
Today I found a package of 3 pork loin chops, some rashers of streaky smoked bacon, half a cabbage, half a small bottle of apple juice, half a jar of apple sauce, and a tired looking carrot. I always have onions and potatoes in the larder.
Although there were only three loin chops in the pack, but they were rather thick and so I figured I could feed four people (two adults and two children) with this, adding some mash on the side.
I cooked the bacon and then crumbled it, setting it aside.
I could have browned the chops in the drippings, but there weren't many and so I added a tsp each of butter and olive oil, seasoned my chops really well with salt and pepper and thyme and then browned them off.
I then added an onion and the carrot (cut into half moons each) to the pan drippings and started softening them.
Once I got them really started I began to add the cabbage in handfuls along with a bit of apple juice, letting it wilt down a bit before I added more.
The cabbage was thinly shredded by hand, not too thin, but not too thick either.
Once I had all the cabbage in, I stirred in the apple sauce, apple juice, half of the crumbled bacon and gave it a good stir.
Apples and pork have a wonderful affinity for each other. They just go together like peas and carots. Did you know that quite often in the weeks just prior to slaughter time many farmers fatten their pigs up with apples? It is true. Apparently it sweetens the meat or some such.
Some apple cider vinegar was also added to counteract the sweetness of the applesauce. I nestled the partially cooked chops down into the mixture, covered it tightly and then let them simmer for a bit.
The end result being some really tender and juicy chops, in a flavourful vegetable sauce mixture that went down a real treat with a pile of mash on the side.
I love it when that happens. They do say waste not want not! And when you can make the bits left in the refrigerator taste as special as this did, you just know you have done a great job!
I think I could have added a bay leaf for even more flavours, but will save that now for next time. We both really enjoyed! My husband does love his chops!
*Pan Roasted Chops and Cabbage*
Serves 4
1 tsp butter
1 tsp olive oil
salt, pepper and dried thyme
Melt the butter together with the olive oil in a large skillet which has a lid. Season the chops all over with salt and pepper and sprinkle with thyme. Brown them well on all sides in the butter/olive oil mixture. Remove to a plate and keep warm.
Add the onions and carrots to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion softens. Add the Cabbage a handful at a time, along with a bit of the apple juice, adding more cabbage as it wilts down. Add the remaining apple juice, the apple sauce and the vinegar.
Tuck the chops in amongst the cabbage mixture. Cover tightly and cook for about 15 to 20 minutes, until the pork is cooked through and the flavours have nicely melded.
Sprinkle
with the crumbled bacon. Serve each chop with some of the cabbage
mixture. I served this with creamy mashed potatoes.
This was a really delicious way to eat some simple basic ingredients. I really hope you will be inspired to want to try it for yourself. I highly recommend!
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