I completely understand that the idea of only eating half a cabbage for dinner for some of you is pretty much a deal-breaker. Or possibly a deal breaker for the person you live with.
But, I really liked this. I covered it with bacon and cheese and it was delicious. Afterwards, I also had some more cheese with a few crackers and I really didn’t feel hard done by in terms of dinner provision. You could, of course, just have this on the side of something else without the bacon and cheese.
A lot of recipes for baked cabbage will have you cooking it for only 20 minutes, which is an absurdly short amount of time and will give you something that it still basically raw. I would say 50 minutes is really the minimum amount of time you ought to cook this for.
Baked cabbage
for 2
1 pointed cabbage cut into quarters
a large handful of lardons
butter
some melting cheese such as Tallegio or whatever you fancy
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Preheat your oven to 200C
1 Arrange the cabbage wedges in a roasting tin and drizzle with olive oil and dot with knobs of butter. Season well.
2 Pour some water in the bottom of the tray, maybe a wineglassful. I reckon you could also use beer, but I haven’t personally tried this, so approach with caution. You will be a pioneer. Report back!
3 Cover with foil and put in the oven for 40 minutes. Meanwhile, brown your bacon and cube the cheese.
4 After 40 minutes, remove the foil and accessorise the cabbage with your toppings. You can also use blue cheese, or a salsa verde with chilli and anchovies or whatever.
5 Put back in the oven, uncovered, for 10 minutes
ooh that looks lush. I loved baked cabbage. Often make that sausage-cabbage thing you posted on RR once…
I’ve become slightly obsessed with baking/roasting all kinds of cabbage (and brussels sprouts the only way to make them edible IMHO). Completely transforms them and the burnt crispy bits are delicious. Haven’t tried with cheese so that’s going to be happening here soon!
Have to say it looks really good. And I don’t even like bacon! Always like a new non-carby supper option…
Sounds lovely- not for me at the moment as I am Dukaning but I bet my daughter would love it. She’s only 11 but cabbage- obsessed.
I literally have been wondering this very moment what to do with the cabbage that’s in my fridge. I wondered. You answered! 😉
That looks fabulous am totally obsessed with roast cauliflower and charred Brussel sprouts will be making this !!
Sounds delicious, will give it a go.
Roast cabbage is also amazing shredded up and stirred through spaghetti with a dot of oil and some chilli flakes and parmesan.
I had this very thing the other night, but with, er, risotto rice instead of the cabbage. I’m willing to try this minor alteration though and, hey, maybe the jeans shopping will go a little better too. I’ve got that Roasting Tin book and we had a rough couple of weeks where everyone was ill and I was mindlessly following it and everyone loved it and lo, we overcame our suffering and I discovered my kids will eat most things if messed up enough in the oven with some seasoning and they can’t see what it is.
Laughed at every word of this Cindy! x
Ah thanks for saying that xx
Does just putting cheese and bacon on something count as a recipe? If it does I’m seriously underappreciated at home.
Listen, a new way of boiling an egg counts as a recipe round here…
My son said he was going to write down his favourite recipes of mine and “fried bread with a hole in the middle with a fried egg in it” was top so I don’t try harder than I need to.
aim low and succeed
We have a Jamie Oliver pasta recipe fairly regularly which is very similar; Savoy cabbage, bacon, mozzarella and spaghetti. Delicious, although most people I try to sell it to don’t seem convinced enough to try it!
I made this on Tuesday, using Stilton. It was really very good.
Made this today with Port Salut. It was so delicious, I will be adding it to my recipe notes. My husband couldn’t stop enthusing about how tasty it was and gave me a high five (not a usual post dinner reaction)!