Spiced Red Cabbage

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 2 rashers smoked streaky bacon, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, bashed
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2 apples, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm pieces
• 1 red cabbage, outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks
• Sea salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 150 ml balsamic vinegar
• 1 small knob butter

Method

1. Pour a good lug of olive oil into a saucepan, get it hot and add the bacon and fennel seeds. Cook until golden, then add the onion and continue to cook, with the lid on, for a few more minutes until golden and sticky.
2. Add the apple, followed by the cabbage chunks, salt and pepper, and the vinegar. Stir everything together well.
3. Put the lid back on and continue to cook on a low heat for an hour, checking and stirring every so often. You will end up with a gorgeously sticky-sweet cabbage dish! If you can wait long enough, scoop it into a serving dish and pop the butter on top to serve.