Sweet and sour red cabbage and pears
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PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
1 h
Serves
8
Photo, Erik Putz.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp canola oil
- 1 cup diced pancetta
- 2 large onions , thinly sliced
- 3 garlic cloves , chopped
- 5 whole cloves
- 2 cinnamon sticks , broken
- 1 small red cabbage , quartered, cored and thinly sliced (14 cups)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup red-wine vinegar
- 2 pears , sliced into wedges
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- HEAT oil in a large pot over medium. Add pancetta and cook, stirring until crisp, about 5 min. Add onions and cook, stirring until browned and softened, about 8 min. Stir in garlic, cloves and cinnamon and cook for 1 min.
- ADD cabbage, salt and pepper and cook, stirring often until slightly wilted, 5 minutes. Add sugar and vinegar and cook, stirring until softened, 10 min. Add pears and ⅓ cup water and cook, stirring, until pears are cooked and cabbage is tender, 10 to 15 min. Discard cloves and cinnamon sticks.
- STIR in butter and parsley.
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Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 184,
- Protein
- 6 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 25 g,
- Fat
- 8 g,
- Fibre
- 5 g,
- Sodium
- 374 mg.
- Good source of
- vitamin C
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