Croatian Cabbage Stew ( Prisiljeno Zelje”)
This recipe is at least 200 years old. My grand-grandmother was preparing cabbage that way, my, grandmother was preparing that way, my mother was preparing that way, so I am preparing it that way. This is very healthy meal, although it is prepared on pork fat.
Ingredients
4 serv.Step-by-step instructions
- 1
Cut the cabbage to narrow strips approximately 5mm wide and 2-5 cm long.
- 2
Heat water with vinegar and when it boils put cabbage in it.
- 3
Cook for 3 minutes.
- 4
During this put sliced bacon (in small cubes) on fat until transparent, add flour and brown it.
- 5
Add cold water, tomato juice.
- 6
Take out cabbage with hollow spoon, and throw the water out.
- 7
Add caraway seeds, season with salt and pepper.
- 8
Cook about 30 minutes or until cabbage softens.
- 9
Serve as a side dish to sausages, pork chops, and similar meat and mashed potato.
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