Crock Pot Baked Spiced Red Cabbage With Apples Or Pears Recipes

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a large crock pot.
• It will be full but will cook down to about 1/5.
• Cook for 5 hours on low.
• Stirring occasionally adding water if needed.
• Optional: Or you can cook stove top saute onions in some butter till softened add rest of ingredients and simmer 1-2 hours or bake at 350 degrees.

Steps:

• Combine apples, raisins, brown sugar, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in a slow cooker; mix well.
• Cook on High until soft, about 4 hours. Serve in bowls with cooking liquid poured over the top.

Steps:

• Discard outer leaves of the red cabbage and ut into quarters. Cut out the central woody root and then shred the quarters very finely. Place in a bowl. Cut the apples or pears into quarters, core them & then slice into fine dice and set aside in another bowl.
• Place peeled and diced onions into another bowl & make sure all the other ingredients are measured and to hand!
• If cooking in a conventional dutch oven or Le Creuset type casserole dish, turn oven on to 180 C or 360°F It can be cooked on top of the stove too.
• For cooking in the crockpot - take the inner crock out and start layering the ingredients: Red cabbage, then salt & pepper; Apples or pears, onions & garlic, then the spices & brown sugar;keep layering this way until everything has been used up.
• (If you would like it slghtly spicier, add a little more spices, but no more than 1 teaspoon per spice, as it will be too spiced & will detract from the apple/pear & red cabbage flavours!).
• Dot the top of the red cabbage with the butter and pour over the red wine vinegar.
• Season once more with salt & pepper and cook for 6 to 12 hours on High in the crockpot, until everything has broken down, is soft and it is a rich red colour.
• For conventional cooking - cook for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours at 180 C or 360°F I.
• It can be cooked on the stove top too; takes about 2 - 3 hours on a low heat, just a slow simmer.
• Pears can be used as well, and I sometimes add a handful of cranberries for a really festive touch!

Steps:

• Remove outside leaves of cabbage.
• With a sharp knife, chop cabbage into small pieces. Throw into colander and rinse.
• In large stovetop pot with lid, melt 2 teaspoons of butter at medium-high.
• Add onion to pan and sauté.
• Add chopped cabbage to pan.
• Peel apples, chop and add to pan.
• Combine water with vinegar, add brown sugar and bay leaves and stir.
• Pour liquid over cabbage mixture.
• Bring mixture to a boil then cover and reduce heat to a low simmer for 25-35 minutes.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 6 to 8 hours or until cabbage is very tender.

Steps:

• Combine cabbage, apples, red wine vinegar, sugar, cloves and pepper flakes if using, in slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on High 6 hours.
• stirring after 3 hours.
• Sprinkle with bacon, if desired.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until golden and tender. Add the cabbage, apples, cider, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for about 1 hour or until cabbage and apples are tender and the liquid is reduced. Sprinkle with bacon and parsley if desired.

Steps:

• Wash cabbage, drain; cut or slice fine (as for cole slaw).
• Wash and core apples; peel and cut into small slices.
• Heat vegetable oil in large saucepan and sauté onion and apples 3 or 4 minutes. Add water, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, and lemon juice. Stir; bring to a boil. Add cabbage. Cover and let simmer 45 minutes, or until tender. Just before serving, sprinkle flour on top to absorb liquid. Serves 4.

Steps:

• Core the pears and set inside a baking dish. An old fashioned peeler with the pointy tip works well for this.
• Combine the craisins, walnuts and orange peel. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine the rest of the ingredients over medium-low heat for 2-5 minutes or until combined and bubbly.
• Take a pinch of your craisin mix and stuff into bottom of each pear. Stir in the rest of the craisin mix into your bubbly sauce.
• Ladle the hot sauce into each pear.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree oven till the pears are soft. (Usually 30-40 minutes) Check on the pears halfway through. If they look like they are going to burn, cover with foil till the last 5 minutes.
• Let stand at least 5 minutes. Put each pear on a plate then ladle some of the escaped sauce over the pear and drizzle around the plate for presentation.
• Tip: If you don't have any orange peel handy, substitute orange juice for the water.
• Tip: The sauce will escape through the bottom. Don't sweat it. Just ladle it back in after baking. The nut/craisin mix in the bottom helps with this.
• Tip: I know the baking time is a little ambiguous, be we move around a lot and I've made this in several different ovens. It's hard to "kill" these. Just test the pears with a fork. When the tops get that pretty caramel color and they're soft, they're ready.
• Tip: This works with any pear, just adjust the baking time depending on the firmness of the pear. Firmer=longer. I like Bartlett pears because they're fat and stand up on their own better.