It’s no secret that I love me some choucroute garnie. Sometimes, though, the laundry list of pork products required to make it feels both too heavy to eat and too time-consuming to make. So I cheat: I braise some red cabbage with smoky sausage and call it dinner.
I’ve written up my recipe for this shortcut choucroute, which is a favorite in my kitchen for busy weeknights when I still want something hearty. Check it out on Girls’ Guide to Paris.
On this day in 2009: Rendez-Vous Bars (a recipe for one of my favorite treats)
Originally published on Croque-Camille.
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I wonder if I could get away with red cabbage and kangaroo sausage? (The latter of which are called, hand over heart, “kanga bangas”.)
Looks like a great idea. I also love choucroute but absolutely never make it. This will have to be a recipe for a time when the daughters aren’t around, though…that’s definitely something they don’t care for.
My mouth is watering, Camille! I never thought I’d say this, but I’m always looking for new ways to cook cabbage now that it’s one of three vegetable choices at the market these days!
Hannah – That’s hilarious! And I bet that would totally work, especially if it’s a smoked sausage. Er, I mean “kanga banga.”
Betty – Their loss!
Ann – So glad to help!
This sounds delicious. I enjoy red cabbage, and am always trying to find ways to get the family to eat it.
I love shortcuts!! Cabbage isn’t a really popular veggie, but I actually really like it! If cooked well, there’s a sweetness that comes through.
Mm, I love cabbage and apples together (and of course, sausage). Great picture here by the way! Very artsy.
This is so timely: I have been pining for choucroute AND have a red cabbage that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. Thanks!
Louise – I suspect this will work.
Jessica – I really like it, too.
hungry dog – Thank you! I just loved the color of the cabbage and the stripes that appeared when I cut it.
erin – You are very welcome! Let me know how it goes.
Love your blog, and being that I am married to a Frenchie who loves Choucroute, we make it often, I am glad to see a post about it.
Since you love French food I thought you might be interested in an amazing culinary tour to France throughout the Loire Valley.
There is one coming up in June, it is an incredible tour.
Monique – I like to think the healthfulness of the cabbage cancels out the sausage.
Thanks for the link, sounds like fun!