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Whole roasted cabbage

By Abigail Donnelly
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6
Easy
15 minute
2 hours

Ingredients

  • 2 T olive oil
  • 100 g butter
  • 3 leeks, chopped
  • 6 rashers bacon, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • ½ cup apple cider vinegar
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1 large cabbage
  • 30 g parsley, chopped

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat the butter and olive oil in a large ovenproof pan. Add the leeks and bacon and fry until soft. Add the garlic, stock and vinegar and season.

2. Add the cabbage and cover with foil. Roast for 2 hours, or until soft when tested with a sharp knife at the base of the cabbage. Remove the foil halfway through cooking. Stir the parsley into the sauce just before serving.

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Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis
Food assistants: Bianca Strydom, Jarryd Thesen, Mogau Seshoene