Rotkraut Red Cabbage Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Wash the red cabbage, remove trunk and cut into fine strips.
• 2. Brown the sugar in the butter until light brown in color. Add the finely chopped onion and apples, peeled and cut into small cubes.
• 3. Sauté for a few minutes. Add the red cabbage and mix everything to combine. Immediately pour a little of the red wine vinegar on the cabbage so it retains the red color.
• 4. Season with salt, add a little of red wine, bay leaves, cloves and steam covered on medium heat until cabbage is tender for about 45 - 60 minutes.
• 5. At the end dust cabbage with some flour, season to taste and add some more red wine and/or vinegar if necessary.

Steps:

• Melt butter in 4-quart dutch oven.
• Add apples and onions, sauté slightly.
• Add finely shredded cabbage, red wine, cloves, sugar, and bay leaves.
• Simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
• Then add the remaining ingredients.
• Heat to melt the butter and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine cabbage, wine, brown sugar, salt, cayenne, cloves, bay leaves and apples in a large pot and bring to a simmer. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
• In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch into the vinegar, then add to the pot along with the butter; stir until butter is melted. Simmer, uncovered, 20 more minutes, or until most of the liquid has cooked off and cabbage is very tender. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Steps:

• Remove any ragged leaves from cabbage.
• Cut in quarters, wash and drain.
• Shred cabbage on cutting board, discarding core.
• Heat fat in Dutch oven or casserole.
• If you use bacon, let it melt but not brown.
• Add sugar to hot fat and saute slowly until golden brown.
• Add apple and onion, cover and braise over very low heat 5 minutes.
• Add shredded cabbage and toss until coated with fat.
• Pour vinegar over kraut and stir to mix through.
• Cover and braise slowly, 10 minutes until cabbage has turned"blue" or more exactly, bright purple.
• Sprinkle with salt, add 1 cup water, cover and simmer slowly 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until tender.
• Add more liquid if needed.
• Season with pepper and salt, if needed.

Steps:

• Fry bacon in medium-size fry pan until crisp.
• Remove and reserve bacon.
• Add sugar, vinegar, and wine to bacon fat; stir and cook until sugar is dissolved.
• Pour this hot mixture over the cabbage.
• Toss with vegetable oil, salt, pepper, and caraway seeds.
• Sprinkle crumbled bacon over mixture.
• Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• 1. Combine cabbage, onion, cloves, apple, vinegar, 3/4 tbsp. sugar, and oil in a large pot.
• 2. Add enough water to cover the bottom of the pot.
• 3. Bring to a boil and then simmer until tender, or 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
• 4. Add boiling water if needed during cooking to maintain enough water at the bottom of the pan to keep the food from sticking.
• 5. Sprinkle flour and the rest of sugar over the mixture before serving.