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.
- 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.
- Add the red cabbage, water, balsamic vinegar, and sugar.
- Stir well and bring to a boil. Simmer on gentle heat for 20 minutes.
- 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).
Tips, Substitutions, and Variations
- Bacon: Fry some bacon, until golden brown, and add it to the red cabbage for a savory taste.
- Apples: Replace the apples with pears. Very different and very tasty.
- Raisins: Also nice to add a handful of raisins and stew them with the red cabbage.
- Oven dish: After stewing, divide the red cabbage over the bottom of an oven dish and cover it with mashed potatoes. Bake in the oven until the mashed potatoes are golden brown.
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📖 Recipe
RECIPE CARD
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter, unsalted
- 2 apples, peeled and cored out. Cut in pieces.
- 1 shallot, chopped finely.
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 pounds red cabbage, shredded
- 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze
- ½ cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
All my recipes are written both in Metric (gram / ml) and US Customary (cups / pounds). Here you can select which type of amount you would like to see.
Instructions
- Melt the butter over medium heat and fry the apples and shallot for three minutes until the onion is translucent.1 tablespoon butter, 2 apples, 1 shallot
- Add the cinnamon and nutmeg and stir-fry for a minute.2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Add the red cabbage, water, balsamic glaze, and sugar to the pan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.2 pounds red cabbage, 2 tablespoons balsamic glaze, ½ cup water, 3 tablespoons sugar
- Stir the salt and pepper into the red cabbage with apples and serve.¼ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
Notes
- Bacon: Fry some bacon until golden brown and add it to the red cabbage for a savory taste.
- Apples: Replace the apples with pears. Very different and very tasty.
- Raisins: Also nice to add a handful of raisins and stew with the red cabbage.
- Oven dish: After stewing, divide the red cabbage over the bottom of an oven dish and cover it with mashed potatoes. Bake in the oven until the mashed potatoes are golden brown.
Cool the red cabbage with apples quickly before storing it.
- Fridge: Place the red cabbage in a sealed, airtight container and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days.
- Freezer: Store the red cabbage in a freezer bag or box. This keeps it good for up to 3 months.
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