cabbage with blue cheese

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my favourite cabbage
serves 1-2

Cabbage is such an unassuming vegetable, but I’ve come to love it more and more over the last few months. First I became addicted to shave cabbage salads but now I’ve moved on to a quick saute in a hot pan.

To make it more of a main course dish, a little blue cheese scattered over the hot cabbage so it melts to form a lovely cheesy sauce is just the thing for a cold winter night.

1/4 cabbage, shredded
squeeze of lemon juice
75g (3oz) creamy blue cheese
small handful walnuts

1. Heat a large fry pan over a medium high heat.

2. Add a few tablespoons of olive oil and stir fry cabbage for about 5 minutes or until cabbage is just tender but still a little crunchy. Reduce the heat if the cabbage starts to burn or brown too quickly.

3. Remove from the heat Squeeze over a little lemon and then crumble over chunks of cheese. Scatter with walnuts and serve in the pan so the cheese melts down with the residual heat and forms an oozy sauce.

prepare ahead?

You could cook the cabbage until soft and then reheat before finishing with the lemon, cheese and nuts.

leftover potential

Will keep in the fridge for a week or more. Be careful when reheating that the cheese doesn’t burn.

variations for fun

nut-free – just skip the walnuts and increase the cheese a little.

goats cheese – replace the blue cheese with a lovely soft goats cheese or even some ricotta.

carnivore – serve as a side dish to roast lamb.

dairy-free – skip the cheese and replace with a drained can of white beans.

problem solving guide

cabbage burning – quick turn the heat down, your pan is too hot! The trick with sauteeing is to get the cabbage cooked without over browning on the outside.

cabbage too crunchy – sounds like the cabbage isn’t cooked long enough. Cutting it into finer shreds next time will make it easier to cook through.

serving suggestions

Makes a wonderful simple meal on it’s own. Or serve as a side vegetable with or without the cheese.

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