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Have seen the advert on TV withJamie Oliver he is cooking red cabbage and chopped onions with oil sort of frying it ...how long do you think it should be cooked for and should it be crunchy and served hot as a veg ?

Yes it is eaten hot and not usually served crunchy.

Here is a Delia version.
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/traditional-braised-red-cabbage-with-apples,809,RC.html

It needs to cook for longer than you think.

Sue
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This is important to realise.

http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/cabbagevariety.htm

When cooking with red or purple cabbage, be aware that the compound (anthocyanin) that gives the cabbage that beautiful color will also turn it blue when it is cooked along with any alkaline substance.

Since tap water is often full of alkaline minerals such as lime, be sure to add about 1 teaspoon of acidic agent, such as lemon juice, vinegar, or wine, to the pot when using tap water. If your red cabbage begins to take on that blue tinge in any recipe, the addition of the acidic agent will usually bring back the original color.

Sue
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Sue would you serve it as a veg ? Thank you x

Yes

We had it with our Christmas dinner last year

Very tasty

Sue
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Blue cabbage!! like the sound of that.

we had some today in a cafe tasted lovely but dont no how it was cooked but it was soft, funny thing i was going to google it and dit xmas day

This looks a good version

http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=182&catid=5

Sue
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No you wouldn't like it blue........not a very pretty blue.
Best to add a little vinegar or wine and keep it red!!!

Sue
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My ex-husbands family used to have it and beetroot with their Sunday dinner!

Very bizarre to me!

LOL!!

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Yep pink with hot pot or something but saying that my OH has brown sauce with everything even his sunday dinner...

It looks so tasty in the advert....I fancied it with my xmas dinner...

I have had it with christmas dinner before, but I cheated and bought it from M&s ready made.


I will stick to my sprouts LOL

YUK!!

They should be COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Both need to be in the fridge, so I can scoop it out to stop the munchies!

:o)

I was going to have sprouts as well .....all the colours match my tree and wrapping paper...lol

hmmmmmmmmm ** whispers ** so M&S do itdo they....I may cheat....lol

Hayley Hot!

It's lovely but it takes ages to cook. Waitrose sell it frozen in little ice cubes, they're uck!

You can't beat M & S, about 4 mins in the microwave.

lol hayley
thanks sue, thought id tasted wine in it

Whispers to Hayley, "M & S do sprouts too. They go in the micro"

Thanks ....I need to pop in there for a bottle of that bucks fizz stuff...

oh i got me bottles of bucks in the other day for with me lunch

was vodka tilll i ahd kids
cant hav mam drunk on xmas day lol

well not till the kids go to bed anyways lol
hello hayley hun u ok babes
xxx

My muffer being German always cooked it , she used to add apple slices and brown sugar with vinegar and a drop of red wine , oh yeah butter as well , really tasty stuff :-))))))))))))))))))))))


Twizzle