Red cabbage mom's way

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 kg red cabbage
• 150 g bacon, fattier
• 2 onions
• 15 carnations
• 3 bay leaves
• 4 apples, e.g. Boskoop
• 1 cup of water, approx. 125 ml
• 2 tbsp herb vinegar
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp flour
• ½ tsp salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes

Remove the outer leaves from the red cabbage. Then quarter the cabbage and chop very finely. Finely dice the bacon, peel and halve the onions, and stud them with the cloves. Peel, quarter, and thinly slice the apples. Fry the bacon in a hot pot until translucent. Add the red cabbage to the pot, place the onions on top, then add the bay leaves, vinegar, salt, and sugar. Do not stir! Distribute all of the apple slices over the red cabbage and pour water over everything. Cover the pot and simmer on low heat for about an hour, stirring occasionally. After an hour, remove the onions, bay leaves, and cloves. Sprinkle flour over the red cabbage and stir until no more flour is visible. Note: Since I always cook a large batch of red cabbage and then freeze it in portions, I slice the cabbage with a slicer. The red cabbage is easy to prepare in advance.