Red Cabbage San Isidro Style - Lombarda de San Isidro

This red Cabbage recipe from Madrid and is named after the patron saint of the city, San Isidro or Saint Isidore. The cabbage is baked with apples, that give this dish a sweet taste, then combined with onions, potatoes and ham, which makes it salty, too. This is a good side dish to serve with a pork roast or sausage and some bread.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 lb red cabbage
• 2 onions
• 3 cooking apples
• 1/4 lb canadian bacon
• 3 potatoes, large
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 Tbsp wine vinegar
• 1/2 bay leaf
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

Serves 4.

Clean and slice the cabbage thinly. Chop the onions. Peel, core and finely chop apples. Chop the bacon into small pieces. Peel the potatoes and cut each one into 8 pieces.

Pour a few tablespoons of olive oil into a large pot. Heat the pot on stove. Sauté the onions. Then, add the cabbage, apples and bacon and stir. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Add the vinegar, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Continue to cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pour in 1 cup of water and stir. Cover the pot very tightly and place covered pot in the oven and bake for 2 hours. After 1 hour, remove from oven, add the potatoes, stir and cover again. Return to the oven immediately. Continue to bake for 1 more hour.

Serve with sausage or roast pork or beef and rustic-style bread.

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