Red Cabbage

By fsilver4

My husband loves this dish, especially with steak. I love it with a big teaspoon of goat cheese on top.

Ingredients

• 1 medium head red cabbage
• 1 medium onion
• 2 large cooking apples
• 1 tablespoon bacon fat or butter
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 whole allspice
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons cold water

Preparation

Step 1

Wash cabbage and remove outer leaves; cut into quarters. Remove core and slice. Slice onion. Pare apples and cut into sixths, removing core. Toss cabbage, onion and applese together in a Dutch oven. Add water, cider vinegar, sugar, salt and spices. Simmer uncovered, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Combine cornstarch and cold water. Stir into hot cabbage; cook and stirr until thickened, about 1 minute.