Pickled Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage
A traditional sweet and sour side dish combining red cabbage with apple, sultanas, and aromatic spices. This slow-cooked dish balances tangy vinegar with natural sweetness from fruit and brown sugar.
6 servings
2 hr 45 min
Ingredients
- •500 g red cabbage
- •1 whole onion
- •50 g sultanas
- •2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- •2 tbsp muscovado sugar
- •250 g cooking apples
- •15 g butter
- •½ tsp ground mixed spice
- •1 tsp salt
- •1 pinch black pepper
- •1 whole orange
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/gas mark 2.
5 min
- 2.
Layer the cabbage, onion, sultanas, vinegar, sugar, apples, butter and mixed spice into a baking dish and season with the salt and some black pepper. Add the orange rind and juice.
10 min
- 3.
Cover the dish with kitchen foil and bake for 2 1/2 hours, removing the foil for the last 20 minutes of cooking. Serve hot or cold.
150 min
