** Slow Cooker Red Cabbage Recipe

[Daisy]

I recently put out a cry for help with cooking red cabbage in the slow cooker. Our very own slow cooker guru, Nanto, recommended everyone's friend, Mr Google, and this is what I chose:

https://www.hungryhealthyhappy.com/s...r-red-cabbage/

I'm pleased to say it was as easy as they said and the quantities given would feed a small army after a long march! So I popped the left overs in the fridge and they do indeed keep for 3 days. I've just take out what I need each time and microwaved it in a pyrex dish.

I added some nutmeg and a bit extra cinnamon and maybe that masked the slight vinegar taste they mention. Next time I'll add some orange juice and zest - or maybe red wine. In fact, definitely red wine!

[Oma]

We have always done it the German way , Apple and Caraway seeds

[Daisy]

Oma - that sounds tasty, although I don't think the inside of my spice cupboard has ever seen a caraway seed.

[Plantaholic]

Red cabbage with apple sounds yummy. I must confess I have never cooked red cabbage.

[Gemini]

Dasiy I love red cabbage. It was my signature dish in my younger day

Mine was very similar to that recipe, but with the addition of a knob of butter,and cooked slowly, abut 45 minutes in a pan with lid on.

[Lizzie48]

We always put the apple in here.

[Oma]

Its traditional isnt it Lizzie ,
Daisy we use Caraway seeds in Rye bread too so always have some in

[Lizzie48]

It must be Oma as I had never heard of it before living here.

[Gemini]

I think my version had apple in, in fact I am sure it does. I haven't make it for years as OH isn't keen. Once we are allowed to socialise I will make it again for guests to enjoy

[Glammanana]

All sounds so yummy thank you ladies a new recipe for my slow cooker I think.

[Nanto2girls]

I've never cooked red cabbage, never eaten it cooked.
i remember my grandparents having it,but it was just pickled in vinegar.

[Daisy]

Nanto - I wouldn'g touch it for years because that was all I remembered - yukky, pickled in vinegar. But I did it braised for Christmas dinner a few years ago and liked it. The recipe was such a long-winded affair though and I swore I'd never do it again. Then when OH was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration almost 3 years ago I upped the number of colourful veggies that we eat (dark veggies are supposed to be good for eyes) and started buying it again. It's a good standby veg, especially in these lockdown times, because it keeps (raw) well in the salad drawer of the fridge, and I sometimes use it in stir fries. But I'll definitely do it in the slow cooker from now on - it's nothing like what our grandparents did to it!

Glamm - the 500g in the recipe was too much - I shall halve it next time, but it will keep in the fridge, cooked, for a day or two.

[Oma]

We had Red cabbage last night , with new potatoes and lamb , it was lovely
B makes pickled Red cabbage and keeps it in a Kilner jar in the fridge for weeks ,
We love the vinegary taste , same with sauerkraut the more Vinegary the better for me

[Daisy]

Oma - I've always thought one day I'd taste something vinegary and decide I like it. Sadly, it hasn't happened yet. Your salt and vinegar crisps are safe with me!