Cabbage

[lizzieK]

Spiced cabbage is a good way to do red cabbage in the oven though it does have a bit of apple in it, but I guess you could leave it out. And cabbage also goes well pan fried with bacon lardons. When making coleslaw I ring out the juice from the carrot with a bit of kitchen roll, it keeps longer in the fridge. And you can also do spiced coleslaw, add diced red pepper, some peanut butter and chilli powder to the mayonnaise and some peanuts to the mix. And curry coleslaw just has curry powder in the mayonnaise. I love cabbage -can you tell? Making me hungry 🙂

I can’t wait to try the spiced coleslaw….and it’s a great idea to absorb the carrot juice with kitchen roll!

 

[Nayshiftin]

Cabbage is great all year round and if you grow a glut if freezes well to cook later. Just needs a blanch and its great. However the rabbits pigeon make sure i get no glut. Great that its always available where I shop.

 

[Leadinglights]

Cabbage is great all year round and if you grow a glut if freezes well to cook later. Just needs a blanch and its great. However the rabbits pigeon make sure i get no glut. Great that its always available where I shop.

Bit like my carrots with the badgers stealing them, they don't seem to like green veg.

 

[lizzieK]

Following a suggestion here I roasted cabbage today. Hubs and I both loved it! I wasn’t adventurous…will save that for another day. Just a good amount of olive oil and salt and pepper…was easy on the salt. We had it with haddock baked in the oven with the cabbage, and small amounts of carrots and sugar snap peas. Yum! I think tomorrow will be cabbage stir fry. I have a lot to thank you people for!
On another note….what has happened to yellow bell peppers? Tesco hasn’t stocked them since before Christmas….am told they can’t get them!

 

[Dragonheart]

Slices of cabbage roasted at 225 degrees C, with olive oil drizzled over them plus salt and either pepper or cumin is as good a way as any to prepare it.

I did this for the first time tonight (not having seen this post). Not bad. A bit more oil or roast slightly less time and definitely will add some seasoning next time but certainly not bad at all.

 

[Leadinglights]

Following a suggestion here I roasted cabbage today. Hubs and I both loved it! I wasn’t adventurous…will save that for another day. Just a good amount of olive oil and salt and pepper…was easy on the salt. We had it with haddock baked in the oven with the cabbage, and small amounts of carrots and sugar snap peas. Yum! I think tomorrow will be cabbage stir fry. I have a lot to thank you people for!
On another note….what has happened to yellow bell peppers? Tesco hasn’t stocked them since before Christmas….am told they can’t get them!

It is green peppers we are struggling with, there will be a bag of 5 peppers, 2 red. 2 yellow and 1 green and no loose green ones.

 

[debinfrance]

I’m not sure it matters what colour the peppers are for cooking, I prefer red yellow or orange in salad as the green can be just a bit more bitter but for cooking I ignore the colour. Or am I missing something?

 

[lizzieK]

I’m not sure it matters what colour the peppers are for cooking, I prefer red yellow or orange in salad as the green can be just a bit more bitter but for cooking I ignore the colour. Or am I missing something?

Maybe I am missing something too but for me it is just preference. I too prefer red, yellow or orange as I find green rather ‘strong’ in flavour and more indigestible.

I hope I am not getting too ‘cabbage y’! I never thought it would become a favourite! I look for different varieties and try all the suggestions mentioned in this thread. I converted my daughter too and she is madly roasting cabbage!

 

[Leadinglights]

I’m not sure it matters what colour the peppers are for cooking, I prefer red yellow or orange in salad as the green can be just a bit more bitter but for cooking I ignore the colour. Or am I missing something?

I think it depends what you are making, for example I prefer green in chili, or Thai curry but use a mixture in Fajitas or stirfry but yellow or red in soups of salads. As you say green can be a bit bitter raw.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Some varieties of cabbage are quite seasonal but all are pretty good. Red cabbage is somewhat tougher so perhaps needs longer cooking. A traditional Xmas recipe is red cabbage cooked with onion, apple, mixed spices and a bit of balsamic vinegar sort of sweated so the flavour infuse.

We lovelovelove this wintry braised red cabbage, and always convert a couple of whole red cabbages into it in a big casserole dish in the oven - slowly braised for an hour or two (and old Delia recipe). Then bag up portions and freeze them so they are quick and ready whenever we want them.

Our veg box often comes with various leafy greens - cabbages of different shapes and colours, spring greens, cavalo nero, kale etc etc.

Often stir frying for 5 mins or less is our preference. Sesame oil and salt is a great flavour addition, especially if the cabbage toasts a little round the edges.

Shredded cavalo nero in a little oil goes brilliantly on top of a tray of roasted veggies for the last 8-10 mins (Hugh FW was the inspiration) with a combination of crispy on top and chewy further into the veg.

I’ll be trying your cabbage bhaji suggestion @rebrascora - sounds delicious!

 

[trophywench]

Blimey! - after all these years Mike, you're the first person I've ever 'met' who also likes that Delia ("Complete Cookery") recipe for red cabbage. Ideal when I had a chest freezer, but far too huge an amount these days, with only a fridge/freezer. That's one of the troubles with little homes ...... storage space for everything!

 

[Leadinglights]

Blimey! - after all these years Mike, you're the first person I've ever 'met' who also likes that Delia ("Complete Cookery") recipe for red cabbage. Ideal when I had a chest freezer, but far too huge an amount these days, with only a fridge/freezer. That's one of the troubles with little homes ...... storage space for everything!

Yes me also the Delia one or Nigella's pickled red cabbage.

 

[Nayshiftin]

cant find Rebrasco”s bhadji can you let me have recipe.

 

[Bloden]

We eat cabbage all the time. My OH fries celery, onions, small bits of bacon, red pepper, parsley (whatever you want really, chopped into small pieces). I think he puts white wine in there too. Then he lets it cook / steam with a lid on the pan. He then shreds half a cabbage and boils it. Finally, he adds the cabbage to the big panful of veggies...yum!

 

[lizzieK]

I had no idea the humble cabbage was so versatile! We are hooked on roasted savoy with whatever flavour we fancy that day. I spotted cavalier Nero in Tesco the other day….now thanks to the suggestion earlier I plan to use it with roasted veggies.

 

[DiabloT2]

Prompted by this thread I made coleslaw for myself and it went down well although the quantity was huge from a small cabbage. I do now have leftover mayonnaise which I need to use for something....

 

[chaoticcar]

I use sweetheart cabbage quickly fried or blanched instead of spaghetti or noodles so instead of spag bol it is cabbol or caboodles for noodles !!!
Carol

 

[Nayshiftin]

Prompted by this thread I made coleslaw for myself and it went down well although the quantity was huge from a small cabbage. I do now have leftover mayonnaise which I need to use for something....

I wish you lived near me i would have no trouble using it . i love anything like that

 

[lizzieK]

We lovelovelove this wintry braised red cabbage, and always convert a couple of whole red cabbages into it in a big casserole dish in the oven - slowly braised for an hour or two (and old Delia recipe). Then bag up portions and freeze them so they are quick and ready whenever we want them.

Our veg box often comes with various leafy greens - cabbages of different shapes and colours, spring greens, cavalo nero, kale etc etc.

Often stir frying for 5 mins or less is our preference. Sesame oil and salt is a great flavour addition, especially if the cabbage toasts a little round the edges.

Shredded cavalo nero in a little oil goes brilliantly on top of a tray of roasted veggies for the last 8-10 mins (Hugh FW was the inspiration) with a combination of crispy on top and chewy further into the veg.

I’ll be trying your cabbage bhaji suggestion @rebrascora - sounds delicious!

Re the red cabbage recipe….what do you add while it is cooking? Is it flavoured? I have a whole red cabbage lurking in the fridge asking to be used!

 

[Nayshiftin]

Re the red cabbage recipe….what do you add while it is cooking? Is it flavoured? I have a whole red cabbage lurking in the fridge asking to be used!

Try https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes...e/traditional-braised-red-cabbage-with-apples