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Hot Cabbage Salad - {Warmer Krautsalat}

This German recipe can be served as a first-course salad or as a vegetable side dish with grilled or roast meat. The success of this easy salad depends on the bacon and vinegar being very hot when poured over the cabbage.

Cuisine: German
Courses: Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   White or red cabbage head
  Salt
  Boiling water
4   Bacon - diced
1/4 cup 59mlRed wine vinegar
  Pepper - to taste
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlCaraway seed

Recipe Instructions

Shred and wash the cabbage; drain very well. Place drained cabbage in a large bowl, sprinkle with a little salt, cover completely with boiling water, cover bowl and let stand 1 hour.

In a skillet, fry bacon until crisp.

In a small saucepan, heat vinegar until hot.

Drain cabbage and place in a bowl or on individual plates. Pour hot vinegar over cabbage. Season with salt, pepper, and caraway seeds.

Add bacon and drizzle with hot bacon fat.

Serve at once. This recipe serves 4 to 6.

Source:
THE ORIGINAL BALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD COOKBOOK by Irina Smith and Ann Hazan (c) 1991. Camino Books, Philadelphia, PA

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