Best Spiced Ginger Beer Slow Cooker Cabbage Recipes

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CROCK POT BAKED SPICED RED CABBAGE WITH APPLES OR PEARS



Crock Pot Baked Spiced Red Cabbage With Apples or Pears image

A delicious recipe using red cabbage, fragrant spices & apples or pears; whilst this is happily cooking away, the spicy smell pervades the kitchen & indeed the rest of the house and heralds the start of my festive baking & freezing season - who needs expensive pot-pourries! Not only is this dish delectable to eat alongside turkey, pork, beef and hams in particular - but the colour is just gorgeous, a rich jewelled ruby red! This cabbage can be kept warm for long periods, reheated and also freezes very well, making it a very well behaved recipe!!

Provided by French Tart

Categories     Apple

Time 6h45m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 lbs red cabbage, shredded finely
4 large onions, peeled & finely diced
4 large apples or 4 large pears, NOT peeled, finely diced
4 garlic cloves, peeled & finely minced
4 tablespoons soft brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
salt & pepper
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 ounce butter

Steps:

  • Discard outer leaves of the red cabbage and ut into quarters. Cut out the central woody root and then shred the quarters very finely. Place in a bowl. Cut the apples or pears into quarters, core them & then slice into fine dice and set aside in another bowl.
  • Place peeled and diced onions into another bowl & make sure all the other ingredients are measured and to hand!
  • If cooking in a conventional dutch oven or Le Creuset type casserole dish, turn oven on to 180 C or 360°F It can be cooked on top of the stove too.
  • For cooking in the crockpot - take the inner crock out and start layering the ingredients: Red cabbage, then salt & pepper; Apples or pears, onions & garlic, then the spices & brown sugar;keep layering this way until everything has been used up.
  • (If you would like it slghtly spicier, add a little more spices, but no more than 1 teaspoon per spice, as it will be too spiced & will detract from the apple/pear & red cabbage flavours!).
  • Dot the top of the red cabbage with the butter and pour over the red wine vinegar.
  • Season once more with salt & pepper and cook for 6 to 12 hours on High in the crockpot, until everything has broken down, is soft and it is a rich red colour.
  • For conventional cooking - cook for about 2 - 2 1/2 hours at 180 C or 360°F I.
  • It can be cooked on the stove top too; takes about 2 - 3 hours on a low heat, just a slow simmer.
  • Pears can be used as well, and I sometimes add a handful of cranberries for a really festive touch!

GINGER CROCKPOT CABBAGE



Ginger Crockpot Cabbage image

I created this recipe based on Beer Can Grilled Cabbage, using crockpot instead of a grill, and the hole instead of the Beer Can. This recipe can be altered to include a meat stuffing in the whole, can be prepared in the oven in an enclosed dish, used with different flavored oils and spices.

Provided by Patsy Oburn

Categories     Vegetables

Time 6h30m

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cabbage head
1 bottle ginger beer
2 bacon,slices
1 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp olive

Steps:

  • 1. Clean the cabbage head by removing the loose leaves and scrubbing the outside.
  • 2. Remove the stem and cut a hole into the cabbage at the stem that will hold liquid. Measure your crockpot depth to determine how much cabbage to cut from the bottom of the cabbage so that the cabbage can sit upright with the hole upright. Try to cut parallel to the top so it will sit/display nicely when served.
  • 3. Partially prepare the bacon so that it is soft cooked.
  • 4. Pour a teaspoon of the olive oil in the crockpot, place the cabbage head, hole up, into the crockpot. Coat the outside of the cabbage with the remaining olive oil.
  • 5. Pour the ginger beer into the hole and some around the sides. Keep half of the beer for deglazing the cabbage when done.
  • 6. Place lid on the crockpot and cook on low overnight or thru the day until tender.
  • 7. Remove the cabbage and serve on a platter. Add a sauce of choice to the hole for spooning on serving. Place a sharp knife to cut the servings.

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