Braised Red Cabbage with Apples and Balsamic

Enjoy a delicious traditional Dutch dish: Braised Red Cabbage with Apples and Balsamic. A perfect combination of sweet and sour. And a quick recipe!

Are you looking for a tasty side dish? Then you definitely want to try this red cabbage with apples and balsamic vinegar. In this vegetable dish, the sweet and sour flavors are in balance, and because you use balsamic vinegar, you get a surprising twist. And not only is it really tasty, but also easy to make. This is on the table within half an hour. So surprise your family with this delicious red cabbage with apples.

Red cabbage with apples and balsamic: A surprising flavor combination

When I think of my favorite vegetable dishes when I was a child, they always include red cabbage with apples. I remember the wonderful smell when the red cabbage was simmering on the stove. And where you slowly cooked the red cabbage.

The apples in this red cabbage recipe made it a fresh, nice, and sweet side dish. A great recipe. But when I added balsamic vinegar, it became even better. The taste of the red cabbage became even deeper and heartier. I recommend it because this gives a delicious flavor.
Try it yourself soon!

(Tip: do you want to vary? Try my red cabbage prepared in the Slow Cooker recipe. The long stewing gives it a delicious taste)

What do you need for Easy Braised Red Cabbage with Balsamic and Apples?

You require the following ingredients to prepare this Braised Red Cabbage with Apples and Balsamic. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:

• Red cabbage: Because red cabbage is hard, it is quite a bit of work to clean it. And cutting is also quite a job. However, you can do the latter with a knife and cutting plates in a food processor. But this is one of those typical vegetables you can buy well pre-cut in the supermarket, saving you a lot of work.
• Butter: For frying the red cabbage, and gives a creamy taste to this vegetable.
• Apples: Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Pink Lady, or Braeburn are suitable for braised red cabbage. They are nice and sweet.
• Balsamic glaze: Delicious balsamic vinegar is reduced to a syrup (or glaze, as the name says), making it velvety soft, and fuller in taste.
• Sugar: For sweetening the red cabbage
• Cinnamon and nutmeg: to warm up the taste of the red cabbage.
• Shallot: Gives extra flavor to the red cabbage with apples. A shallot has a bit more spice compared to a regular onion.

How to prepare Easy Red Cabbage with Apples

You can find a printable recipe with a detailed description at the bottom of this blog.

1. Melt butter in the pan and fry the chopped onion and apple cubes for 3 minutes until the shallot is translucent. Add the spices and cook for a minute.
2. Add the red cabbage, water, balsamic vinegar, and sugar.
3. Stir well and bring to a boil. Simmer on gentle heat for 20 minutes.
4. Season the red cabbage with salt and pepper.

Sprinkle with some cinnamon before serving. Red cabbage with apples is delicious with Grandmother's Hachee, a Dutch Jachtschotel, or Dutch Draadjesvlees (prepared in the slow cooker).