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Butter-basted BBQ cabbage

Butter-basted BBQ cabbage served on a plate

Butter-basted BBQ cabbage

Name: Butter-basted BBQ cabbage
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 medium Savoy or King cabbage outer leaves kept on; 100g butter; 4 garlic cloves grated; 1 tbsp muscovado sugar; 2 green chillies finely chopped; 1 lime finely zested and juiced; small bunch coriander chopped

Tom Kerridge

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 1 hr and 15 mins

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Burn cabbage on a barbecue to add flavour while cooking the middle. It should be near-black when done, but don’t worry – you won’t eat the charred leaves

Gluten-free

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 medium Savoy or King cabbage

outer leaves kept on
100g butter
4 garlic cloves

grated
1 tbsp muscovado sugar
2 green chillies

finely chopped
1 lime

finely zested and juiced
small bunch coriander

chopped

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal167
fat14g
saturates9g
carbs7g
sugars6g
fibre3g
protein2g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Light a lidded barbecue. Let the flames die down and the coals turn ashen, then mound the coal up on one side or heat an oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Wash the cabbage of any grit or soil. Beat the butter with the rest of the ingredients and a pinch of salt.
step 2

Open the outer leaves to expose the main ball, spread out the leaves and make a few big cuts into the heart. Smear the butter mix over the middle, draw the outer leaves back up, and secure with string (this will stop the leaves falling off ).
step 3

Sit the cabbage in a roasting tin and cook in the barbecue or oven for 1 hr 15 mins until the outer leaves are charred and an inserted skewer doesn’t offer too much resistance. Remove the cabbage and cut off the string, then remove the outer leaves to expose the cooked middle. Cut into wedges and baste with the butter in the tray while warm, so the cabbage soaks up the flavours.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2018

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