Recipe#11366

Title: Blaukraut

From: barb@altoetting-online.de 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: German Blaukraut 
 Date: 12 Jul 1998 10:16:32 -0600 
 Message-ID: <6oanh0$qiq$1@mack.rt66.com> 

1/2 kg washed red cabbage
 40 g butter (optional)
 1 peeled onion stuck with 2 cloves
 1 t salt
 1 Tbs sugar
 2-3 peppercorns
 2 bay leaves 
 1 Tbs vinegar 
 1 cup water
 1 apple peeled, cored, and quartered
 1/2 - 1 Tbs flour (or cornstarch)
 Wash the cabbage and dice relatively finely. Wash it again once
 it's been diced. Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the
 cabbage to the melted butter, along with all the other ingredients
 except the flour and apple.  Cook until tender. Add the quartered
 apple. Cook until the apple is soft, about 10 minutes, mixing
 occasionally. Mix the flour or cornstarch with a little water and
 add to the boiling broth to thicken (it can be more or less thick
 to your personal taste). Cook again once the flour has been added
 for about 10 minutes. Taste and add more salt if necessary.