Steam The Pointed Cabbage Properly – That’s How it Works

Stewing pointed cabbage: How to properly prepare the vegetables

When steaming, the pointed cabbage cooks in its own juice. To do this, you need to prepare the vegetables appropriately.

• Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and then quarter the vegetables.
• First, you have to cut the hard stalk out of the cabbage quarters in a wedge shape.
• You can steam the leaves whole, but then you should cut out the thick midrib from the individual leaves. As a rule, however, pointed cabbage is cut into short, fine strips.
• So that the healthy vegetables retain their fresh color when steaming, sprinkle the pointed cabbage with a little lemon juice after washing.
• Pointed cabbage doesn’t take long to cook. Three to four minutes should be enough. Then the vegetables still have a pleasant bite.
• To steam, place the pointed cabbage in the pot. Also, add a little butter. Depending on the amount of pointed cabbage, add 50 to 100ml of water or vegetable broth. Let the whole thing steam in the open pan for up to four minutes – the steamed vegetables are ready.

A quick recipe with steamed pointed cabbage

You can easily prepare steamed pointed cabbage in a hearty way.

• First, prepare the pointed cabbage as described above.
• Next, fry a few thin slices of bacon in a pan with a little oil. Cut them into strips first.
• When the bacon is crispy, remove it from the pan and set it aside for now.
• Put an onion cut into small cubes in the pan and sauté it briefly.
• Then add the bacon cut into strips and pointed cabbage, stir briefly and deglaze with 100ml vegetable stock.
• Let the pointed cabbage steam for two minutes with the lid on and then two more minutes without the lid – the dish is almost ready.
• Now all you have to do is season your dish with a little pepper and mix in the bacon. You no longer have to add salt, the bacon is usually salty enough when fried.