Red cabbage salad

• unsmoked bacon↗6

  diced

• red wine vinegar↗200ml ml
• light soft brown sugar↗2 tbsp tbsp
• small red cabbage↗1

  shredded

• sultanas↗handful
• stilton↗150g g

  or other hard blue cheese, crumbled

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Cook the bacon in a frying pan until crispy. You shouldn’t need any oil as the fat will run from the bacon.

2. 2

   Heat the vinegar in a large saucepan until just simmering. Tip in the sugar and stir to dissolve, then add the red cabbage. Cook for a further 3 – 5 minutes, tossing the cabbage through the vinegar.

3. 3

   Spoon the cabbage into bowl, stir through the bacon, sultanas and season with black pepper and a little salt. Allow to cool.

4. 4

   Toss in the blue cheese to serve.