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Red cabbage with apples and spices

Red cabbage with apples and spices

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Braised red cabbage with apple goudrenettes, flavored with cloves, bay leaf, and cinnamon, and bound with butter. A winter dish.

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Recipe from Walter wissink, De Wikischim, JopkeB and 4 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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Red cabbage with apples is a traditional winter side dish, often served with ground meat or mashed potatoes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time45 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodCook over low heat, covered.
  • Estimated cost$3.21 $0.80 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

4 people
  • $2.07
  • $0.69
  • $0.04
  • $0.35
  • $0.06

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Finely shred the red cabbage and peel the apples before cutting them into pieces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Place the cabbage, apples, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon, and a little sugar in a saucepan with as little water as possible, over low heat.
  3. Let the cabbage cook for approximately 45 minutes.
  4. Combine the cooking liquid with a little butter and flour, or cornstarch. ≈ 3 min
  5. Season with pepper and salt. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Red cabbage with apples and spices

  • 750 g of red cabbage$2.07
  • 2 small, round apples$0.69
  • A little sugar$0.04
  • butter, to use as a thickener$0.35
  • flour or cornstarch, to thicken$0.06

Total$3.21

that's $0.80 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 750 g of red cabbage
  • 2 small, round apples
  • 3 cloves of allspice
  • 2 bay leaves
  • A pinch of ground cinnamon
  • A little sugar
  • pepper and salt, to taste
  • butter, to use as a thickener
  • flour or cornstarch, to thicken

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