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Roast cabbage with bone marrow brown butter

By
07 May 2026
6
Easy
15 minutes
45 minutes

We’re being told that 2026 is the year of the cabbage. Personally, it’s been the year of the cabbage since I was a little girl. I ate the cabbage off my grandmother’s plate every time it was cooked, and I’ve cooked it a thousand different ways since. This recipe uses bone marrow to enrich and add flavour. It’s a rich dish, and I’d highly recommend it as a cheap-chic side on your Sunday lunch table.

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Ingredients

Method
  • 1 large cabbage, cut into 6 wedges
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 T canola oil
  • 12 marrow bones (about 4–5 cm long)
  • 3 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked
  • 250 g butter
  • 5 anchovies in oil, finely chopped

Method

Ingredients

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the cabbage on a baking tray, season and drizzle with the canola oil.

2. Place the marrow bones on a separate baking sheet, season and top with the rosemary.

3. Roast the cabbage and marrow bones for 30 minutes, turning the cabbage halfway through cooking.

4. Melt the butter in a small saucepan until bubbling. Scoop the marrow out of 6 of the bones and add to the butter, then add the anchovies. Lightly mash with a spoon to make the pieces of marrow a little smaller.
5. Arrange the cabbage wedges on a serving platter and pour over the marrow brown butter. Serve the remaining roasted marrow bones.

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Khanya Mzongwana

Recipe by: Khanya Mzongwana

If you're anything like our deputy food editor Khanya Mzongwana, you're obsessed with uniqueness and food with feeling. Cook her family-tested favourites, midweek winners and her mouth-wateringly fresh takes on plant-based eating.

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