Norwegian Red Cabbage Recipes

NORWEGIAN CHRISTMAS CABBAGE

Steps:

• Lay two slices of bacon across the bottom of a large pot. Cover with a layer of cabbage. Sprinkle a light dusting of flour and a pinch of caraway seed. Season with a little salt and pepper. Repeat layering as many times as possible until you run out of room.
• Fill the pot with enough water to come about 3/4 up the side. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 45 minutes, or until the cabbage is soft, stirring occasionally. Let cool slightly, then stir in the vinegar and sugar. Use your own judgment. Add sugar carefully to taste. The idea is to strike a balance between the sweet and the sour, and therein lies the trick.

NORWEGIAN RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Chop cabbage fine, and put in a big pot.
• Add butter, vinegar, sugar, water and salt.
• Cook for 1hour on low heat.
• Add jelly and cook for 20 minutes longer.

CREAMED CABBAGE- NORWEGIAN STYLE

Steps:

• Boil cabbage until tender, approximately 30 minutes and drain well.
• Make a roux from the butter, flour and milk stirring constantly until it turns a light brown. Add bouillon and stir to combine.
• Add cabbage, salt, pepper and nutmeg and stir to mix together.
• Serve.

SWEDISH RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add choped apples and onion sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in cabbage and cook until slightly wilted, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Stir in sugar, cider vinegar, salt, cloves and allspice. Cover and cook until cabbage is crisp-tender, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Uncover, add dry red wine and jelly and cook 5 minutes longer. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve warm, room temperature or chilled. (Cabbage can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Reheat over low heat if serving warm.)

GERMAN RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook and stir onion and apple over medium heat until onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients; cook, covered, until cabbage is tender, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. Serve warm or cold.

NORWEGIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking pan.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer onion to a large mixing bowl and add beef, cooked rice, cream, egg, parsley, potato starch, 2 teaspoons salt, pepper, caraway seeds, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Mix to combine in an even consistency and refrigerate filling until needed.
• Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Place 1 head of cabbage in the boiling water and parboil until bright green and leaves are softened, about 2 minutes. Carefully remove cabbage with tongs or a large fork. Repeat with remaining head of cabbage. Allow to cool, about 10 minutes.
• Remove outer leaves from the cooled cabbage. Lay 1 leaf flat on a work surface and cut out the stem. Spoon a generous 2 tablespoons of filling into the center of the leaf. Fold the corners at the stem end diagonally over the filling, fold the sides over, and roll up like a tiny burrito. Place in the prepared baking pan. Repeat to make remaining cabbage rolls until filling is used up.
• Add water to the baking pan until it is halfway up the sides of the cabbage rolls.
• Bake in the preheated oven until beef is cooked through and no longer pink, about 40 minutes.

RED CABBAGE ALSATIAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Pull off and discard any blemished outer leaves of the cabbage, and remove the core. Shred the cabbage finely.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the cabbage, cloves, cumin, apple, vinegar, sugar and broth. Add salt and pepper. Blend well. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the butter and serve.