Festive red cabbage
A perfectly crisp and sweet side for your Christmas dinner, our festive red cabbage can easily be made vegetarian by swapping beef for vegetable stock and removing the bacon.
5 minutes
35 minutes
6 to 8 people
What you'll need
- 2 tbsp oil
- Beef stock
- 1 small red cabbage, shredded
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 100ml cider vinegar
- 2 rashers of bacon
Method
Step 1.
Heat the oil in a pan and brown the bacon with onion
Step 2.
Dissolve a beef stock cube in 500ml of water and stir in the vinegar, cabbage, lemon juice and salt.
Step 3.
Add the stock mixture to the pan of bacon and onion.
Step 4.
Cover and simmer gently for 30 minutes until the liquid has reduced.