[Oliveview]

I have some red cabbage growing in the garden, they are ´hearting up´well (is that the correct term?)  Do I cook them the same as normal cabbage? (which I adore) or does anyone have something special I can do with them?

Many thanks

Pamela

[DD.]

Pickle them!

That's not exactly "special", though, is it?

[Oliveview]

vinegar on cabbage? on my beautiful cabbage....  I was hoping for a nice way to cook it

Pamela

[wighty]

Apart from pickling it, or using it in coleslaw I don't use much red cabbage although I seem to remember 'slow cooking' it once with apples and sultanas to go with lamb.  I'll have a look through my recipe box and see if I can find it.

[BigPaddy]

Fry with onion and add a bit of balsamic. Yum

BP

[Oliveview]

BigPaddy and Wighty they both sound good.

Pamela

[mumofstig]

I grow it to braise it with apple a la Delia 
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/party-food/accompaniment/traditional-braised-red-cabbage-with-apples.html

[GrannieAnnie]

MoS, you beat me to it!   Braised is lovely, but I overdid the red wine vinegar in my recipe, so it was a bit sharp!

[mumofstig]

I like it like that, it's almost sweet and sour then 

[GrannieAnnie]

But I don't like sweet and sour!      

[Yorkie]

I do Delia's recipe, it's nice and sweet - not too vinegary at all 

[sarajane]

I do Delias too and she's right, it warms up a treat the next night (and the next if there's any left).

I lovepickled cabbage but find it does not keep very well  -  it has a tendancy to loose its crispness so try and do just a couple of jars a month from autumn onwards.

[lmpd]

Put a chopped up cooking apple and a splash of balsamic in with it when cooking - nice!!!

[Madame Cholet]

the fried method is nice leeks work well too and with kale alternative.

[Oliveview]

Many thanks for the suggestions.  I will have to try it with eating apples as we can´t get cooking apples here in Spain.

Pamela