Lunch is looming and I have it in mind for us to finish the spinach and red onion frittatta left-over from Saturday–with a green salad.
I have some difficulty finding the plastic box it’s stored in among the rest of the left-overs waiting their turn.
A pretty cabbage (red drumhead) is sitting in the fridge too, as cabbages and cauliflowers are wont to do.
One of the legion of left-overs in the fridge was the remains of the red lentils with cabbage and tomato.
I sneaked a taste and changed my mind about lunch–it was too good to let go!
It needed something green to go with it–THE CABBAGE!
1 medium savoy cabbage (red drumheads are not always easy to find)–outer leaves removed, quartered, cored and halved
2 apples–peeled, quartered, cored and halved
2 tbs olive oil
10 juniper berries–lightly crushed with the flat of a knife
5 fl oz white wine
salt
plenty of black pepper
- Pour the oil into a shallow pan (with a lid) and arrange the cabbage and apple “eighths” prettily.
- Squash the juniper berries with the flat of a knife and sprinkle them over and in between.
- Sprinkle the wine over, a good grinding of the pepper mill and some salt.
- Cover the pan and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Pick a leaf of cabbage from the pan and test for doneness.
- Serve hot.
- The fridge is looking tidier–should be no problem finding the frittatta tomorrow…
- Left-overs rule, OK?
Robin Ellis 
Savoy cabbage is so attractive, what I have available in the supermarket not so much! Maybe I will check the co-op next time I am in town.
Another brilliant idea to use this very common vegetable that’s so good for us. Unfortunately Savoy isn’t always readily available. Chinese cabbage Wombuk has much softer leaves than ordinary drumhead and doesn’t require much cooking. Never thought using white wine to cook cabbage. Robin, thank you for the “tip”. As far as left overs are concerned I always follow solid British rule: “waste not – want not”.
Me too on “Waste not, Want not”!
Wow–this sounds wonderful!! But where does one find juniper berries? (Only heard of them in Donovan’s song!)
Health food outlets? internet?–they are easily sourced in Europe. A packet will last you a while.Let me know if/when you find them.
They gave me a funny look at our local grocery store, but I think I might be able to find it at the health food market a few towns over. Unfortunately, it looks like a big snow storm will be keeping us hunkered down for a few days!!
Stay warm!
Cheers & hugs!
Hedgerows too!
LOL! 🙂
Fantastic! I have a “left over” portion of Savoy cabbage in the fridge and I was thinking if to cook it in my way, that is after having parboiled it a little bit in water, cooking it in a pan with olive oil, crushed garlic, white vinegar, black pepper and some fennel seeds – this is my personal option. But I am going to try your suggestion as it sounds really nice. Bon appetit!
I’ll try it your way!