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Roasted Red Cabbage with Crisp Garlic Croutons, Apple, Raisins and Lamb’s Lettuce

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Roasted Red Cabbage with Crisp Garlic Croutons, Apple, Raisins and Lamb’s Lettuce

This dish is perfect as a side or a light main course, benefiting from the contrasting textures of crispy roasted cabbage, crunchy fresh apples and croutons, and zesty lemon dressing.
Serves 2
Total 35 min
Prep 10 min
Cook 25 min
Easy

Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

You might not have thought of roasting cabbage leaves before, but they become wonderfully crisp in the oven – think crispy seaweed at a Chinese restaurant. Here, the bright purple leaves combine with garlic croutons, apples and raisins in a lovely light autumnal salad.

Ingredients

600g red cabbage, roughly chopped into 5cm pieces
150g nice bread (I used olive bread), roughly cut into 2½cm cubes
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
1 tsp sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
100g lamb’s lettuce or watercress
1 apple (Braeburn or similar), thinly sliced
A couple of handfuls of raisins
For the dressing:
½ tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
freshly ground black pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/gas 6. Separate out the leaves of the chopped red cabbage so that none of them are stuck to each other, then spread them out on a large roasting tray all in one layer, along with the torn bread. Add the olive oil, garlic, salt and black pepper, mix well then transfer to the oven and roast for 25 minutes.

Mix all the ingredients for the dressing together, then adjust the salt and lemon juice to taste.

Toss the crisp cabbage and croutons with the lamb’s lettuce and half the dressing. Scatter over the sliced apple and raisins, pour over the remaining dressing and serve immediately.

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