GERMAN RED CABBAGE 
1 sm. head of red cabbage
1 med. onion
2 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1 med. apple
1/2 lb. bacon
1 to 2 tsp. sugar
1/8 liter water
2 tbsp. vinegar
3 to 4 tbsp. red wine

Remove bad leaves around red cabbage, wash and divide into quarters. Cut red cabbage into thin slices. Cut bacon in small slices. Put in pot, let brown, sprinkle with sugar, add red cabbage. Toss in pot, spike onion with whole cloves, peel apple, cut in quarters and add into pot. Add 1/8 liter water. Cook at mild temperature for 1 hour. From time to time, check whether enough water is in pot, if not, add a little. Shortly before red cabbage is done, add vinegar and red wine. This gives the nice red color. To thicken gravy, sprinkle a little flour over cabbage, stir.

recipe reviews
German Red Cabbage
 #6766
 Paula says:
Excellent...very authentic and easy to prepare. I ended up using 4 tbs of vinegar just because I like more of a tart/tangy taste.
 #19853
 ingeborg coffman says:
This is the only recipe you have which is authentic German. Some people use now brown Sugar but this recipe is 100%. I should know, I am German.
 #35622
 Mary (Ohio) says:
Hope mine turns out....added double the water by accident but didn't want to drain and loose the bacon grease.
   #49357
 Julie Scriver (Alberta) says:
This turned out great. I shredded everything, onion, apple and cabbage and added ground cloves and I used red wine vinegar. I will definitely make this again.
 #115074
 Charlotte Cynor (Wisconsin) says:
My mom was a dietician in Germany. She used bacon grease to cook down the cabbage and then, only apple cider vinegar, not water, as water drains the color from the cabbage. She used plain sugar, apple, onion, etc. Near the end she used a little corn starch mixed with a little water for thickening.
   #192710
 Chris (Ohio) says:
Turned out quite well, even without quite a proper half pound of bacon. Added caraway seeds instead of bay leaf, which I didn't have.

 

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