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Steamed White Cabbage

4 servings

Ingredients

• white cabbage (as needed)
• water (a little)
• duck drippings or butter (a little)
• salt (a little)
• 1 tsp caraway seeds
• apples (a little)
• flour (a little)
• vinegar (a little)

Instructions

1. Boil enough water so that the cabbage is not completely covered, immediately add fine duck drippings or good butter, then add the finely sliced cabbage with the necessary salt, and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of caraway seeds in layers.
2. After some time, add some halved sour apples and thicken the cabbage with a little flour mixed with vinegar.
3. This cabbage should not be cooked too thinly.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.