Red Cabbage and Apples

adapted from RecipeSource.com

by Don Gray

serves 10

1 cup chopped onion

2 tablespoons butter

1 medium red cabbage, shredded

1/4 cup sugar

5 tablespoons cider vinegar

1 teaspoon salt

pepper to taste

3 apples, peeled, cored and sliced thinly

Sauté chopped onion in butter. Add shredded cabbage, sugar, vinegar, salt, pepper and apples. Simmer 45 to 60 minutes or until liquid has boiled away. Serve hot. This is even better refrigerated overnight and reheated the next day.

This dish is excellent served with bratwurst or bockwurst. I remember eating this German-style dish when my family was living in Frankfurt. It also goes well with the Turkey Meatloaf or with ham. This dish is also very popular in Scandinavia, Poland and Russia. After all, cabbage and apples were stored in the root cellar during winter.