Champagne Cabbage

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 large onions, peeled and sliced very thin
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 large tart apples, peeled and sliced 1/8 inch (i use granny smith)
• 1 red cabbage
• 1 green cabbage
• 1 1/2 cups champagne, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon, zest of
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a large heavy saucepan and add the onions.
• 2 cook and stir over medium heat until they soften.
• 3 add the apple slices and saute for 5 minutes.
• 4 core the cabbages and slice them very very thin.
• 5 add to the saucepan with 1/3 of the champagne, the sugar, lemon zest,salt and lemon juice.
• 6 bring to a boil and simmer gently, covered for 15 minutes.
• 7 add the remaining champagne and a grind or two of pepper and simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes.
• 8 serve immediately.
• 9 the cabbage stays fairly crisp because of the acid in the champagne and lemon.