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Cerveny kapusta

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Ingredients:
3 cupRendered pork fat
-(trimmed from
-chops or roast)
Finely chopped onions
Paprika
1 medHead red cabbage
Salt
1/2 tspPaprika
Fresh ground black pepper
1 largeApple, grated
2 tbspWhite [sic] vinegar
1 tbspWhite sugar
1/2 tspCaraway seeds
Procedures:
1Render pork fat very slowly; remove "cracklings", & add enough finely chopped onion for taste and flavor.
2Cook until golden.
3Add paprika slowly, don"t let it burn or smoke.
4Let cool, and store, covered in refrigerator - will keep for a long time.
5Wash the cabbage in cold water, quarter it & chop finely, salting as you go.
6Discard the core.
7Heat about 3 cups of the pork-fat/onion mixture, add about ?teasp.
8Paprika - don"t let it burn.
9Add the wet, salty cabbage & stir until it"s coated with fat.
10Add pepper to taste, grated apple, stir in; add about 2-3 tsps wine [sic] vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar.
11Rub about 1 ?tsp caraway seeds between palms, & add to cabbage.
12This totally "handed-down-through-the-wincenc-family" recipe will come out differently each time - until you arrive at the taste you like best.
13Taste as you go along! but the true test will be on the 2nd or 3rd day when reheating the left-overs.
14I always loved it best then!! carol wincenc