Sunday, October 4, 2009

Notes from the Test Kitchen


Victoria Carleton from the Slocan Valley (who also happens to be one of the gardeners featured in The Garden That You Are, by Katherine Gordon sent me this suggestion for using apples and cabbage:

Victoria's Oh-So-Tasty Cabbage and Apple Medley
2 cups of green cabbage, sliced
2 red apples, diced (not too small)
1 red onion, sliced

Saute all in a little olive oil and, when wilted, add a splash of good balsamic vinegar and a drizzle of maple syrup to taste (some like a little more vinegar, some a little more syrup). Saute a few minutes and enjoy.

Well, we did as we were told and cooked up some suitable German peasant food to go along with the cabbage dish - spiced sausages and new potatoes sauteed with caraway seeds all topped with a dollop of sour cream. Hearty and delicious, to be sure, though next time I would do two things differently. First, our apples were too big - I took Victoria's warning of 'not too small' too seriously! So, either more modest apples or more cabbage next time. I could also have added a tad more balsamic vinegar, but was being cautious on that front. The desire to tweak gives me a good excuse to have this again! Thanks, Victoria!
 
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