Name: Mom's Sweet-and-Sour Red Cabbage
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 medium head RED CABBAGE, tough outer leaves removed; 1/4 cup (60ml) OLIVE OIL; 1 RED ONION, diced; 2 FUJI APPLES, peeled, cored, and finely chopped; 3 JUNIPER BERRIES; 3 whole ALLSPICE BERRIES, or 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 3 whole CLOVES, or 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 BAY LEAF; 1/2 teaspoon SALT; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground BLACK PEPPER; 3 tablespoons RED CURRANT JELLY; 2 tablespoons BALSAMIC VINEGAR, preferably white; 1 teaspoon LIGHT BROWN SUGAR

Sweet and sour red cabbage in a glass mixing bowl next to a grater halved cabbage and an apple.

Mom's Sweet-and-Sour Red CabbageQuentin Bacon

My mother grew up in Bad Nauheim, Germany, where she helped her parents with their inn and restaurant called Die Krone (The Crown). When I was growing up, she cooked several traditional German dishes, but one of the most memorable for me was her recipe for sweet-and-sour red cabbage. Though I was a pretty picky eater, I adored the cabbage and loved how it colored the mashed potatoes my mother would always serve with it. Mom never wrote the recipe down for me, but I reached out to German relatives and re-created it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed taking the trip down memory lane. Grating the cabbage takes a while, so make sure to have some good tunes on!

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