Dutch Red Cabbage Recipe

 rode kool click to hear 2 3
  • 2 medium red cabbages (3-4Lb, 1½-2Kg)
  • 3-4 apples (Granny Smith)
  • (optional) 10-15 slices bacon

  • ¼tsp ground cloves
  • ½tsp all-spice
  • (optional) ¼tsp cardamom
  • 1 TBsp sugar
  • a little butter

  • potatoes
  • meat (sausages, stew beef, or meatballs)

[red cabbage] [red cabbage]
  1. Peel and cut potatoes, start preparing meat and (optional) bacon;
  2. Remove two outer leaves from the red cabbages, wash cabbages;
  3. Cut cabbages in two from top to bottom,
    cut out white stem cone and discard;
  4. Slice bottom quarts of cabbages thinly (¼", ½cm;)
  5. put 1½ cup (350ml) water in large cooking pot or wok, add ½ tsp all-spice;
  6. Unravel cabbage slices and wash, put in wok;
  7. Slice top quarts of cabbages thinly (¼", ½cm;)
  8. Unravel slices and wash, add to the large pot or wok;
  9. Cover pot with lid and bring to a boil, then lower heat,
    but keep at a boil. Total boiling time: about 25 minutes;
  10. Bring potatoes to a boil when cabbage is boiling, lower heat, cook for 17 minutes;
  11. Wash and core apples, cut in small pieces;
  12. When cabbage has boiled for 15 minutes, raise heat
    and put cut apples on top, cook for ten minutes more;
  13. When potatoes have cooked for 17 minutes, drain
    and leave on low heat for 2 minutes.
  14. Drain water from cooked cabbage, add some butter and
    ¼ tsp of ground cloves, ¼ tsp of cardamom, a Tablespoon
    of sugar and mix, and then add bacon and mix further.
rode kool
"rooie kool"
hear 		red cabbage
red cabbage

spek
appels
hear 		bacon
apples

kruidnagelen
boter
suiker
hear 		cloves
butter
sugar

The D of 'rode kool' is colloquially softened to a consonant-Y sound (Dutch J.)

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[] [red cabbage, sausage]
red cabbage with apples and bacon, sausage and potatoes

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