Red Cabbage with Apples Recipe

Red Cabbage with Apples Recipe
(Austrian Christmas Recipe)

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 ½ hours
Serves 6


Red cabbage is a typical Austrian side dish. During holidays, such as Christmas, people add apples to sweeten this already tasty dish. Red cabbage makes a good accompaniment to a Christmas Day holiday meal of roast goose, potato dumplings, and desserts such as Sacher torte and Christmas cookies.

Ingredients:

1 head red cabbage, finely chopped
1 small peeled onion, cut into quarters*
4 to 6 whole cloves
1 large green apple, cut into quarters
2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 ½ tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 ½ tbsp flour

Cooking Methods:

1. Combine cabbage, onion, cloves, apple, vinegar, æ tbsp. sugar, and oil in a large pot.
2. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot.
3. Bring to a boil and then simmer until tender for about 1 to 1 ½ hours. Add boiling water if needed during cooking to maintain enough water at the bottom of the pan to keep the food from sticking.
4. Sprinkle flour and the rest of sugar over the mixture before serving.