Braised Red Cabbage with Apples
5 minutes
15 minutes
Christmas
A warming and festive addition to your Christmas dinner – especially delicious on Boxing Day with your Christmas ham and mustard. Add Roam & Relish Smoked Streaky Bacon at the very beginning for a delicious twist. Not traditional, but certainly worth breaking the habit for!

Ingredients
- 1 red cabbage, roughly sliced
- 2 onions, peeled and sliced
- 2 cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped into chunks
- 100ml red wine
- 100ml balsamic vinegar
- 1 knob of butter
- sea salt & black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon mixed spice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons dark brown soft sugar
- 50g sultanas (optional)
Directions
Heat the butter in a large saucepan or casserole dish.
Add the onion and cook until softened, then add the cabbage and cook for a few minutes.
Add the wine, stir and continue to cook for a minute before adding in the apples, vinegar, seasoning, sugar and sultanas, if using.






