Our traditional red cabbage recipe - easy and quick to cook red cabbage the grandma's way. Make your own red cabbage recipe with easy ingredients such as vinegar, margarine, sugar and bay leaves. Juicy and crunchy caramelized red cabbage as a side dish.
Cut the red cabbage into small strips - alternatively, we recommend using a stand mixer with a slicing attachment. The red cabbage strips should be about 5 cm wide.
2 kg red cabbage
First heat half the butter in a pot or large wok pan over a high heat.
50 g margarine, vegetable
Then add the red cabbage and pour over the remaining butter and heat slowly over a high heat, stirring constantly. If the red cabbage does not release enough moisture in the first few minutes, you can add 50 ml of water.
After about 7-10 minutes, the red cabbage will begin to change and react to the heat.
Now add sugar, salt, pepper and vinegar and carefully stir the red cabbage several times.
50 g sugar
10 g fine salt
1 tbsp pepper
150 ml balsamic vinegar white
Simmer on a low heat for 45 minutes with the lid on and the bay leaves added.Start 45 minutes timer here
10 bay leaves
Stir the red cabbage every 15 minutes or so. Caution! Steam may rise!
Before serving, season again with a little salt and pepper to taste and remove the bay leaves or simply don't eat it.