Braised Red Cabbage with Figs, Cinnamon & Cranberry Juice

Put a delicious twist on your Christmas vegetable sides with these wonderful AGA Festive vegetable recipes by AGA Demonstrator Penny Zako 

Braised Red Cabbage with Figs, Cinnamon & Cranberry Juice

½ large red cabbage – core removed and sliced

15g butter

1 red onion – sliced

6 dried figs

½ orange – juice and zest

1 cinnamon stick

150ml cranberry juice

1. Heat the butter in a large AGA pan on the simmering plate, tip in the onion and cook until softened. Add the cinnamon stick and the orange zest and cook for a minute.

2. Add the cabbage and the figs, pour in the cranberry and orange juice, then bring to the boil, cover with the lid and continue cooking for 45 minutes to 1 hour in the simmering oven.

You can make this dish and freeze for up to a month or store in the fridge for 2 days.