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How To Make Delicious Danish Red Cabbage!

Feb 5, 2022Last Modified: February 9, 2022

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This page may contain affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you make a purchase using my link. Here you will learn how to make Delicious Danish Red Cabbage!

Danish red cabbage in a gold rimmed bowl
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  • You Will Want To Make This Jewel of a Dish!
  • 1,000 Foods To Eat Project
  • What Ingredients Will I Need To Make Danish Red Cabbage?
  • Instructions For This Braised Cabbage Dish
  • How To Serve Danish Red Cabbage!
  • Some Other Foods You May Enjoy!
  • Delicious Danish Red Cabbage!

You Will Want To Make This Jewel of a Dish!

Danish Red Cabbage is a jewel of a dish! This wonderful side dish is:

  • Absolutely an explosion of tangy and sweet flavors!
  • Beautiful to behold
  • A perfect way to enjoy red cabbage
  • Easy to make with just a few ingredients needed
  • Great as an accompaniment to your favorite roasts
  • Wonderful to add to roast pork or roast sandwiches

I promise you will love this delicious red cabbage, prepared the Danish way!

Danish red cabbage in a gold rimmed bowl

1,000 Foods To Eat Project

I am working my way through the foods that are listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton. This is called my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. This is how I was introduced to Danish Red Cabbage, also known as Rødkål. Rødkål is food #58 in my Project!

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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton

In this book, the author Mimi Sheraton lists her choice for the 1,000 Foods of the World that you MUST try. So if you haven't tried Rødkål, or Danish Red Cabbage before, please be sure to take the time to enjoy this MUST try food!

What Ingredients Will I Need To Make Danish Red Cabbage?

sliced red cabbage in a white bowl, red wine vinegar, brown sugar, an apple, stick of butter, goose fat, and red currant jam

You will only need 8 ingredients to make this braised red cabbage dish. The ingredients are:

  • Red cabbage
  • Red wine vinegar (can sub regular vinegar)
  • Water
  • Brown sugar
  • Salt
  • Butter
  • An apple
  • Red Currant Jam or Red Currant Jelly
  • Goose, duck, or bacon fat (optional ingredients but oh so good!)

The red currant jelly is included to give the cabbage a bit of a gloss. I found Red Currant Jam and decided to use that instead. The results were spectacular! Feel free to use either one.

Goose, duck, or bacon fat are optional ingredients. However if you have one of these on hand I highly recommend adding it! The fat helps to impart a richness to the dish and yes, it's a bit decadent!

Now allow me to show you the easy method to make this delicious red cabbage dish!

Instructions For This Braised Cabbage Dish

Honestly, it couldn't be easier to make this dish. The hardest thing is slicing the cabbage!

Begin by soaking sliced red cabbage in your red wine vinegar (or vinegar) in a large pan for around 15 minutes. It's my understanding that this will help the cabbage to keep its red color. We want do to everything we can to preserve the beautiful color of this dish.

Sliced red cabbage and red wine vinegar in a pot with blue tongs on the side

While the cabbage is soaking in the vinegar, dice the apple and sauté it for around 10 minutes in melted butter.

diced apple sautéing in a pan with butter

After soaking for 15 minutes, add the water, sugar, salt, sautéed apple, and animal fat (if using) to the red cabbage.

Sliced red cabbage, diced applies, and brown sugar in a pot

Bring this to the boil, and then simmer covered for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, remove the lid and then add the red currant jam (or jelly), and then simmer for an additional 15 minutes, or until the cabbage is mostly dry. Taste and adjust for salt at this time.

sliced red cabbage and apples in a pot with red currant jam

Your jewel of a dish is now ready to serve!

How To Serve Danish Red Cabbage!

Danish red cabbage is perfect served alongside your favorite roast. In Denmark this is a staple at Christmas time served with Christmas goose, duck, or pork.

We enjoyed ours with some Scandinavian meatballs and mashed potatoes.

Danish red cabbage served with mashed potatoes and meatballs, with salad and fruit in the background

This side dish can be eaten hot or cold. It's also great to add to roast beef or roast pork sandwiches!

Be sure to try Rødkål, or Danish Red Cabbage, one of the 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die!

Some Other Foods You May Enjoy!

Enjoy A Rich and Delicious Roasted Goose!

Roasted Goose on a white serving tray with sage and onion stuffing and a poinsettia in the background
#56 Roasted Goose With Sage and Onion Stuffing

Icelandic Fish Stew!

Icelandic Fish Stew including cod, potatoes and chopped green onions in a gold rimmed bowl

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Cheers!

Grace

Danish red cabbage in a white bowl with a gold rim

Delicious Danish Red Cabbage!

Grace
Danish Red Cabbage is a jewel of a dish! It's an explosion of tangy and sweet flavors and is a perfect accompaniment to your favorite roasts!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Cabbage Soaking Time 15 mins
Total Time 1 hr 25 mins
Course accompaniment, Side Dish
Cuisine Danish, European
Servings 6 people
Calories 83 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Large covered pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb red cabbage sliced thinly
  • ¾ cup red wine vinegar can sub regular vinegar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ ts salt
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 apple diced (do not have to peel)
  • ¼ cup red currant jam or jelly
  • 2 tablespoon goose, duck, or bacon fat purely optional but imparts a great richness to this dish!

Instructions
 

  • Begin by soaking sliced red cabbage in your red wine vinegar (or vinegar) in a large pan (that has a cover) for around 15 minutes. (You will use this pan to cook the cabbage.) It's my understanding that this will help the cabbage to keep its red color. We want do to everything we can to preserve the beautiful color of this dish.
    Sliced red cabbage and red wine vinegar in a pot with blue tongs on the side
  • While the cabbage is soaking in the vinegar, dice the apple and sauté it for around 10 minutes in melted butter (in a separate pan) on a medium heat.
    diced apple sautéing in a pan with butter
  • After soaking for 15 minutes, add the water, sugar, salt, sautéed apple, and animal fat (if using) to the red cabbage. Bring this to the boil, and then simmer covered for 45 minutes.
    Sliced red cabbage, diced applies, and brown sugar in a pot
  • After 45 minutes, remove the lid and then add the red currant jam (or jelly), and then simmer uncovered for an additional 15 minutes, or until the cabbage is mostly dry. Taste and adjust for salt at this time.
    sliced red cabbage and apples in a pot with red currant jam
  • Your jewel of a dish is now ready to serve!
    Danish red cabbage served with mashed potatoes and meatballs, with salad and fruit in the background

Notes

You can use either red currant jam or jelly.
The animal fat is purely optional, but highly recommended!
Danish red cabbage is perfect served alongside your favorite roast. In Denmark this is a staple at Christmas time served with Christmas goose, duck, or pork.
This side dish can be eaten hot or cold. It's also great to add to roast beef or roast pork sandwiches!
 

Nutrition

Calories: 83kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 225mgPotassium: 247mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 868IUVitamin C: 45mgCalcium: 51mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cabbage, red cabbage, side dish, vegetable side dish
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  1. Gillian

    March 01, 2022 at 11:48 am

    One question: I love that you provide the nutrition info for this recipe, the only thing I can’t find is the serving size. Maybe I’m just not looking carefully (very possible!), but it would be great to know what amount of the cabbage recipe will yield the 19g carbohydrates.
    [
    I’m a type 1 diabetic and use the calorie counting method, so when the info is provided, it saves me from having to estimate by doing the long division to figure out how many carbs in each ingredient for the whole recipe, deciding on a serving size, and then dividing the total by the fraction result
    one serving… - ,🔥, ⚡️
    😵‍💫 🙇🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️…💥`🤯’… 😵
    . 🤟 🤚
    But Nutrition info = 👏😍👩🏽‍🍳\😃/ for diabetics!
    So thanks in advance!
    Gillian 👩🏽‍🍳🍽🫕😻

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    • Grace

      March 01, 2022 at 11:03 pm

      Hi Gillian! I hope you are well and cannot thank you enough for your question! First off please forgive me ...I'm not a dietitian and I don't want to give you the wrong info! I estimate that this recipe, using 1 lb of the red cabbage, is enough for 6 servings, so the nutrition facts should be for 1 serving of this recipe or 1/6 of the prepared dish. Unfortunately the recipe card that I use doesn't automatically calculate the serving size...I would have to weigh that myself and add it in...which I didn't do in this case. You have certainly opened my eyes to the needs of diabetics! Let me ask you this...would you be including the redcurrant and goose fat ingredients? If so please tell me because this will change the nutrition facts just a bit. I hope this helps Gillian and because of your question I will try to be more considerate and thoughtful about diabetics' needs! I appreciate you very much! Thank you, Grace

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