"I always make this dish for our family Christmas dinner. It's my mother-in-laws favourite! But it can be made all year round and is the most perfect side to a roast dinner. It fills your kitchen with the most amazing smell and is absolutely delicious with turkey and chicken."
Spiced Cabbage with Garlic & Pairs
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Prep time: 20mins
Cook time: 1hr 30mins
Serves or Makes: 10
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ingredients
- 2 diced red onion
- 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teapsoons ground all spice
- 3 whole star anise
- 80 gram coconut sugar
- 3 clove of crushed garlic
- 1 sliced fresh red cabbage
- 3 peeled cubed pears
- 60 milliliters balsamic vinegar
- 1 tabelspoons chopped parsley
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 200/180 fan. Heat the oil in a large frying pan with a lid on a low heat, gently fry the onions with the lid on for about 10 minutes.
Step 2
Stir in the sugar, garlic, cinnamon and all spice and 1 tsp of olive oil. Mix until the sugar has dissolved.
Step 3
Add the cabbage and the balsamic vinegar and season generously with salt and pepper.
Step 4
Stir in the copped pears and give everything a good mix.
Step 5
Pour into your casserole dish, put the lid on and cook in the oven for 45 minutes.
Step 6
After 45 minutes, give it a good stir, put the lid pack on and cook for another 45 minutes.
Step 7
Remove from the oven, remove the star anise and sprinkle the chopped parsley.
Notes:
Step 1
I always make this for Christmas dinner, so if you are doing the same, make sure you make it at least 2 days before as it tastes so much nicer a few days after you have made it as all those flavours really infuse. To serve simply reheat in the dish that you cooked it in for about 20 minutes in the oven or you can gently cook in a pan on the hob, again for about 20 minutes or until it’s piping hot. There is no need to put it in the fridge, I normally just leave it sitting on the hob until I want to heat it up!