Description
Julia Child’s classic green beans amandine brings French countryside elegance to simple vegetable preparation. Crisp green beans tossed with toasted almonds and butter create a delightful side dish that delights those who appreciate refined cooking techniques.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 cups (1.4 L / 1 small head) red cabbage, chopped
- 1 medium apple, peeled and sliced
- 0.5 onion, thinly sliced
- 0.25 cup (60 mL) apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsps (45 mL) white sugar
- 0.33 cup (80 mL) water (add more if needed)
- 0.125 tsp ground cloves
- Salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Prep Station: Assemble all ingredients, meticulously chopping cabbage into uniform pieces, dicing apple into small cubes, and mincing onion to ensure balanced flavor distribution.
- Flavor Foundation: Combine chopped cabbage, diced apple, and minced onion in a large saucepan, creating a vibrant base for the braising process.
- Seasoning Fusion: Introduce cider vinegar, granulated sugar, water, whole cloves, kosher salt, and freshly ground black pepper into the saucepan, ensuring even ingredient dispersion.
- Heat Activation: Place saucepan on stovetop, elevate to medium-high heat, allowing ingredients to warm and harmonize their complex flavor profiles.
- Boiling Point: Monitor liquid until it reaches a vigorous rolling boil, signaling the initial cooking and flavor-melding stage.
- Simmering Transformation: Reduce heat to low, initiating a gentle simmer that will gradually tenderize vegetables and develop rich, deep flavors.
- Moisture Preservation: Secure saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, trapping essential moisture and preventing excessive liquid evaporation during the 90-minute cooking journey.
- Culinary Maintenance: Periodically stir the mixture every 15-20 minutes, preventing adherence to pan and ensuring uniform cooking. Replenish with water if the mixture appears dry or threatens to stick.
- Final Refinement: After 90 minutes, lift the lid and assess the cabbage’s tenderness. Carefully adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper to elevate the flavor complexity.
- Presentation: Serve the braised cabbage warm as an enticing side dish, remembering to remove whole cloves before presenting the aromatic creation.
Notes
- Prep with Precision: Uniformly chop vegetables to ensure even cooking and balanced flavor distribution.
- Manage Moisture Carefully: Check liquid levels every 15-20 minutes, adding water to prevent burning and maintain desired consistency.
- Clove Caution: Remove whole cloves before serving to avoid unexpected biting into sharp spice elements.
- Flavor Finale: Taste and adjust seasonings at the end of cooking for a perfectly balanced braised cabbage dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Side Dish
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 10 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg