Red Cabbage With Apples And Chrysanthemums
Serves:
Ingredients:
1
ea
Red cabbage; cored & thinly
Butter
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TO SERVE ---------
Black pepper
Sea salt
4
tb
Red wine vinegar
5
tb
Cold water
2
tb
Brown sugar; very dark
2
tb
Yellow chrysanthemum petals
& thinly sliced
2
lg
Apples, cooking;peeled,cored
1
lg
Onion; sliced in rings
1/4
c
Butter; 2 oz, 50 g
sliced
Chrysanthemum petals; fresh
Method:
"This rich vegetable dish is excellent with pork and game.
" Blanch the red cabbage in boiling water for 1 minute.
Drain, refresh and set aside.
Heat the butter in a frying pan, put in the onion rings and sweat for 3-4 minutes, until soft.
Stir in the apple slices and cook for 1 further minute.
Put the cabbage in a deep flame proof casserole with a tightly-fitting lid.
Mix in the onion, apples and chrysanthemums petals and turn all the ingredients so that they becomes well coated with the butter.
Sprinkle over the sugar and pour in the water and vinegar.
Season lightly.
Cook over low heat, or in the oven at 325F/170/gas 3 for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, until the cabbage is soft.
Just before serving, add a good knob (pat) of butter and some fresh chrysanthemum petals.
SERVES:4-6