Roasted summer cabbage, salami and apple

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 50 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 summer cabbage
  • 100g butter
  • 2tbs golden raisins
  • 2 sprigs of thyme
  • 200ml chicken stock
  • 2tbs cider vinegar
  • A drizzle of honey
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 200g of your favourite salami (mine is Gubbeen), diced or sliced.
  • 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and cut into batons (thin matchsticks)

1 Preheat your oven to 185 degrees.

2 Trim the outside leaves from the cabbage and cut into four, then wash and dry it.

3 Melt the butter in a sturdy oven-proof tray, or casserole dish over the hob, and when it is foaming add the cabbage, cut side down.

4 Cook gently until the cabbage starts to brown, then add the raisins, thyme, stock, vinegar and honey.

5 Season with salt and pepper, then cover tightly with foil.

6 Bake for 25-30 minutes, until tender.

7 Place the cabbage and raisins on to warm plates. Spoon the juice over the cabbage then divide the apple and the salami over the top. Serve with mashed potatoes.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford