I haven't been cooking much recently and there has been a head of red cabbage in the refrigerator for several weeks waiting for me. Tonight I finally prepared my favorite red cabbage recipe. It comes from an old cookbook by Pierre Franey entitled: Low-Calorie Gourmet. My cookbook falls open to this recipe because I have made it so often.
It is as follows:
1 red cabbage cut as thinly as possible with a mandoline
1 large apple peeled and thinly sliced
1 tablespoon of butter
1 large onion chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 cup water
Melt butter in butter in a wide pan and saute onion for 1 minute. Then add the sliced apple and the cabbage and saute for 5 minutes stirring. Add the salt, pepper, and brown sugar. Add the water and vinegar and cook covered for 30 minutes with occasional stirring.
I find that the quality of the wine vinegar can make a difference in the final taste, as does the quality of the apple . The recipe makes 6 to 8 servings, depending on the amount of red cabbage used.
