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Today I will show you my Bavarian Cabbage Recipe . Delicious healthy cabbage power in variants for every taste and need.
White cabbage is popular and well-known all over the world. It is served stewed in many countries. The cabbage is also a perennial favorite in Germany. In Bavaria it is quite a standard in every restaurant.
You may appreciate its nutritional-physiological advantages, simply find it delicious or you are a Bavarian traditionalist. I’ll show you how to prepare it in your kitchen in quick steps. Then let’s get started, “Aufi geht’s”!
My cooking ideas for you for plenty of great variations:
Bavarian Traditional To prepare it, diced bacon is first fried until crisp and then diced onion is added. Add the cabbage cut into strips. Stewing is done with the addition of water or broth until the cabbage is tender. Finishing is done by binding with a light brown roux. The traditional typical spices are salt, pepper, cumin, sugar and vinegar.
Modern Bavarian Knead the cabbage with salt, without preparing water, broth and roux. Finally season with salt, pepper, sugar, cumin and a little vinegar to balance the acidity.
Fusion Cuisine Season the cabbage with a little sushi vinegar and soy sauce, decorate with colored sesame seeds.
Vegetarian Prepare and enjoy without bacon. If you like it creamy: Soy cream can be used instead of cream. Supplement alternative with crispy fried smoked tofu cubes.
Low Irritation Prepare without onions and without bacon, steam the cabbage for a long time.
Indian Knead the cabbage with salt and curry. Sauté the diced onion and garlic with some cinnamon, chili and cumin in ghee. Add the cabbage and sauté until soft. Add raisins or goji berries to taste and serve with a dollop of yoghurt.
KoreanKimchi Style Herb False kimchi is particularly popular for those who don’t like the cold and crunchy original. Cut the cabbage, knead with salt, sweat onion cubes, ginger and garlic. Add cabbage, steam until soft and season with chilli sauce and sugar as well as a little vinegar.
Creamy Cabbage Cut the white cabbage, knead with salt and leave to marinate for 30 minutes. Sweat the shallots, add sugar and glaze, add the cabbage and sauté until soft. Cream as an optional ingredient.
Wine Cabbage Knead the cabbage with salt, sugar and a little wine and marinate. Sweat the onion cubes until translucent, glaze with sugar, add the cabbage and sauté until soft. The classic preparation is done without caraway, but finely chopped apple cubes are added.
Polish Cut white cabbage, salt, knead with caraway and sweet paprika and some sugar. Sauté onion cubes, glaze with sugar, add white wine and add tomato paste. Steam the cabbage until soft.
Hi Chef Thomas!
These are excellent ideas for preparing cabbage.
I love the variants!
🙂 Tessi