Sausage And Red Cabbage

Serves 4

A great winter meal, sausages are an easy convention food that is wonderfully satisfying on a cold winters day, especially thick chunky ones full of herbs. If you have just got in from the rain, soaking wet and freezing cold, sausages and red cabbage will warm you right up and you want have to wait too long. The shredded red cabbage is braised in red wine and honey, full of sweet, warm, comforting but slight luxurious flavours that just work perfectly with hot tasty sausages to create a delicious meal with a wholesome rustic feel. 

Red cabbage is in season during December so it will be at its cheapest and most delicious during the winter months. As well as sausage and red cabbage being a very tasty recipe, cabbage is a fantastic vegetable with a lot of health benefits. Red cabbage is full of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients work as an antioxidant and fight against free radicals which cause cell damage.  Studies have shown that red cabbage could reduce risk of damage to cells in the brain which result in Alzheimer’s, and this is just one of the many health benefits that come with eating red cabbage. So for anyone trying to live a healthier lifestyle this recipe is an easy place to start.

Ingredients

• 8 pork sausages
• 150ml red wine
• Red cabbage, finely shredded
• 1 medium size onion, finely chopped
• 1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped
• 150 ml vegetable stock
• 1tbsp honey

Method

1. Heat a little oil in a pan, and cook the sausages until brown, remove the sausages. Heat a little more oil and cook the pepper and onions, until soft.
2. Add the red cabbage, red wine and honey and stir.
3. Add the cooked sausages back to the pan and simmer until cabbage is soft and wine has reduced.
4. Serve with creamy mash potatoes.