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Red Cabbage Crispy Smoked Bacon and Rosemary, Apple, Fennel Seeds & Balsamic

by Jamie Oliver from Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook

Easy

Serves 8-10 as a side

Total 35min

Cook 35min

Mix up your usual Red Cabbage with this tasty recipe from Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook. This recipe gives traditional red cabbage a facelift whilst retaining all the favourite elements of this much-loved casserole.

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Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook

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Introduction

Celebrating one of the most affordable veg out there – the humble red cabbage – this is a really delicious, classic veg dish. Wonderful as it is hot, I also love it cold, almost like a salad, with meat and cheese, so embrace those leftovers.

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Click away any tatty outer leaves from your cabbage, trim off the base, cut the cabbage into wedges, then finely slice it and put aside. Finely slice the bacon and place in a large casserole pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of oil. Leave it to crisp up while you peel, core and dice the apples.

When the bacon is crispy, strip the rosemary leaves into the pan, stir for 1 minute, then use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon and rosemary to a plate, leaving the smoky bacon fat behind. Add the fennel seeds and diced apples to the pan, then tear in the prunes, removing any stones. Stir and fry for 2 minutes, then finely grate in the clementine zest and squeeze in the juice. Add the vinegar, cabbage and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Cook with a lid ajar on a low heat for 20 to 25 minutes, or until cooked through and a pleasure to eat, stirring well every 5 minutes to help intensify and mix up the flavours. Serve sprinkled with the crispy bacon and rosemary leaves.

Calories 96kcal | Fat 2.6g | Sat Fat 0.4g | Protein 2.4g | Carbs 16.2g | Sugars 15.6g | Salt 0.4g | Fibre 3g

Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook by Jamie Oliver is published by Penguin Random House ⓒ Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited (2016 Jamie Oliver’s Christmas Cookbook). Photographer: David Loftus.

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