Florentine Pork With Spiced Red Cabbage Food

RED CABBAGE WITH PORK AND NEW POTATOES

Steps:

• Warm olive oil in heavy dutch oven over medium high heat; add the pork loin chops and brown on all sides. Remove meat and set aside.
• In same skillet saute the onion until golden, about 5 to 10 minutes; adding in a touch of wine and scraping up the brown bits from the meat.
• Stir in cabbage, potatoes and sliced apples. Sprinkle with brown sugar, salt, pepper and red wine vinegar. Place browned chops on top of all and pour 1 cup of white wine over all.
• Cover and bake, stirring once or twice, in a preheated 375 degree oven for 90 minutes or until tender. To keep meat moist, submerge into cabbage mixture as it cooks.

STICKY SPICED RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan, add cabbage, ginger, onions, allspice and mustard seeds, then cook for 5 mins until just starting to wilt.
• Scatter over the sugar and pour in the vinegar. Cover pan, gently cook for 10 mins, then remove lid and turn up the heat to medium. Simmer the liquid in the cabbage for about 20 mins, stirring occasionally, then stir continuously for the last few mins until all the liquid has evaporated and becomes sticky on the bottom of the pan. Tip cabbage into a large bowl and serve.

SLOW COOKER PORK AND RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Season pork with 1/4 tsp of the salt and pepper.
• Add the cabbage to a 6 qt slow cooker.
• Top with potatoes; spread apple cubes on top in an even layer.
• Add pork.
• In a small bowl, whisk vinegar, wine, sugar, caraway seeds and allspice.
• Pour around meat.
• Cover and cook on hight heat for 4 1/2 hours or on low heat for 7 hours.
• Uncover cooker and transfer pork to a cutting board.
• Cover loosely with foil and let rest 5 minutes.
• Season cabbage mixture with remaining 1/2 tsp salt.
• Transfer potatoes and cabbage mixture to a platter. Cut pork into thick slices; spread on top of cabbage.
• Serve warm, drizzle with cooking liquid.

SLOW-COOKED PORK & RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Cut the pork into thick slices, about 3cm thick. Coarsely crush the peppercorns and sprinkle over the pork along with the thyme and some salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large flameproof casserole, then add the onions and fry until lightly browned. Add the cabbage and stir well, then add the apples and wine and cook until the cabbage starts to soften. Finally, add the chestnuts, 1 tbsp of the jelly, salt and pepper, and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 5 mins.
• Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan, add the pork and fry on both sides until browned, then stir in the remaining tbsp of the jelly. Cook for a few mins until the pork is deeply browned and glistening. Arrange the pork over the cabbage. Pour a little boiling water into the frying pan, stir well to lift up all the pan juices, then pour over the pork.
• Cover the pan tightly, then cook in the oven for 1¼-1½ hrs until the pork is very tender.

GERMAN ROTKOHL - SPICED RED CABBAGE WITH APPLES AND WINE

Steps:

• Cook the pork fat or bacon in a large skillet or dutch oven over low heat, stirring occasionally until it has rendered its fat, about 20 minutes for the pork fat or 10 minutes for the bacon.
• Add the onion, ginger, and cinnamon stick, increase the heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes, until the onion has softened.
• Add the cabbage, stirring and cooking over medium heat until some of the bits are slightly browned and caramelized, about 10 minutes (I do this in batches). Note: You can skip the browning step if you are in a hurry, but I find that it adds a particularly wonderful caramelized flavor to the finished dish. Now add the marjoram, garam masala, vinegar, and port or Madeira, and stir well. (Note: At this point add the optional bay leaf, whole clove, and chopped apple).
• Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, stirring occasionally to make sure the cabbage is not sticking to the bottom of the pan.
• Remove the lid and cook, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes.
• Stir in the brown sugar (or maple syrup) and cook for 15 minutes longer, or until most of the liquid has cooked away.
• Remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaf before serving.
• NOTE: If you can't find garam masala, use just a small dash each of ground black pepper, rock salt, cinnamon, & cardomom.