Instant provencal cabbage

Delicious, appetizing, spicy, fast! Instant provencal cabbage is one of the variants of pickled cabbage using vinegar. The result is a juicy and beautiful salad with a bright taste. This is also facilitated by the addition of Bulgarian pepper.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 8 % 1 g
Fats 17 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 75 % 9 g
52 kcal
GI: 67 / 0 / 33

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 4 hours
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make instant provencal cabbage? Prepare the products. Cabbage, if possible, choose autumn, hard varieties, it is juicier and sweeter. But young, loose heads will turn out worse. Take table vinegar, concentration of 9%. Apple cider vinegar is also suitable. Vegetable oil is odorless, although some people like it unrefined in salads.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the cabbage and remove the top coarse and dirty leaves. Then finely chop it. You can use a special shredder, grater or a regular vegetable peeler. But a sharp knife is also quite suitable.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Mash the cabbage with your hands with sugar and salt until the juice is released and the cabbage itself is softened.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Wash, peel and cut the carrots into thin strips. Add to the cabbage. Alternatively, you can grate it on a coarse grater.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Wash the pepper, dry it and remove the core with the seeds. Cut it into thin strips as well, add it to the cabbage.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Peel the garlic, chop it, add it to the cabbage. Pour vinegar, warm boiled water and vegetable oil.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Mix, taste, adjust the amount of salt and sugar if necessary. Leave the cabbage under the yoke for 3 hours (you can do more, cabbage will only benefit from this). Then serve to the table. Bon appetit!

The salad will look nice and neat if you cut all the ingredients into pieces of the same size and shape (for example, cubes).

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Wine vinegar (3%) - 9   kcal/100g
  • Vinegar 9% - 11   kcal/100g
  • Balsamic vinegar - 88   kcal/100g
  • Apple vinegar - 14   kcal/100g
  • Vinegar - 11   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • White cabbage - 28   kcal/100g
  • Boiled white cabbage - 21   kcal/100g

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