Vanilla red cabbage with pears

Name: Vanilla red cabbage with pears
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Red cabbage (approx. 1,2 kg); 2 Onions; 1 Vanilla pod; 3 TABLESPOONS clarified butter; 3 Cloves; 2 Bay leaves; 1-2 TABLESPOONS Sugar; 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper; 8 TABLESPOONS Red wine vinegar; 2 Pears; 7-10 Tbsp 3-4 tablespoons black currant jelly

AUTHOR
Kate Willis

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
180 mins

TOTAL TIME
180 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

1 Red cabbage (approx. 1,2 kg)
2 Onions
1 Vanilla pod
3 TABLESPOONS clarified butter
3 Cloves
2 Bay leaves
1-2 TABLESPOONS Sugar
7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
8 TABLESPOONS Red wine vinegar
2 Pears
7-10 Tbsp 3-4 tablespoons black currant jelly

Directions

1
Clean, wash, quarter and cut the red cabbage into strips. Peel and chop the onions. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the pulp.
2
Heat the lard. Sauté onions. Add cabbage, vanilla pulp and pod, cloves, bay leaf and 1 tbsp. sugar. Fry while stirring. Season with salt and pepper. Add 400 ml water and vinegar, bring to the boil.
3
Cover and braise for about 2 hours, stirring frequently.
4
Peel, quarter, core and dice 1 pear. After about 1 hour add to the cabbage. About 15 minutes before the end of the cooking time, peel, quarter, core and cut the remaining pear into thin slices. Stir into the cabbage with jelly.
5
Season to taste with salt, pepper and sugar.