Hearty red cabbage with pear and bacon

Name: Hearty red cabbage with pear and bacon
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Head Red cabbage (about 1 kg); 2 Onions; 2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter; 50 ml Raspberry vinegar; 100 ml Red wine; 100 ml apple juice; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Juniper berries; 2 Cloves; 1 Cinnamon stick; 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper; 7-10 Tbsp Sugar; 2 (approx. 250 g) Pears; 200 g streaky smoked bacon in one piece; 2 TABLESPOONS gelled cranberries

AUTHOR
Diane Archer

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Head Red cabbage (about 1 kg)
2 Onions
2 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
50 ml Raspberry vinegar
100 ml Red wine
100 ml apple juice
1 Bay leaf
2 Juniper berries
2 Cloves
1 Cinnamon stick
7-10 Tbsp Salt
7-10 Tbsp Pepper
7-10 Tbsp Sugar
2 (approx. 250 g) Pears
200 g streaky smoked bacon in one piece
2 TABLESPOONS gelled cranberries

Directions

1
Clean, wash and quarter the cabbage. Cut out the stalk and cut the cabbage into strips. Onions peel, halve and cut into strips. Heat lard in a large, wide pot. Steam the onions for about 5 minutes.
2
Add red cabbage, pour on vinegar, wine and apple juice, bring to the boil. Season with laurel, juniper, cloves, cinnamon, salt, pepper and sugar.
3
Wash, clean and halve the pears and remove the core. Dice 1 pear and add to the red cabbage with the pear halves. Stew red cabbage covered for about 1 hour. Cut bacon into very thin slices of about 3 cm width.
4
Add to the red cabbage about 30 minutes before the end of the cooking time and cook until done. Season red cabbage to taste, arrange in a bowl and add cranberries.