Roasted Hispi Cabbage with Garlic Chilli Crumb

4.75 (13)
⏱ 40 mins 🍽 Serves 8-10 ✅ Easy 🏷 Side dish

This roasted hispi cabbage makes a wonderful vegetable side, pairing perfectly with a festive roast. Cabbage wedges are seared until crisp, then baked under a savoury crumb topping made with breadcrumbs, hazelnuts, chilli and herbs. It serves 8 to 10 people and takes about 40 minutes to prepare and cook.

Roasted Hispi Cabbage with Garlic Chilli Crumb

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp duck fat or sunflower oil
  • 2 medium hispi cabbage outer leaves trimmed, then quartered lengthways
  • 50g butter diced
  • 75g dried breadcrumbs
  • 3 tbsp dried onion flakes
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
  • 70g toasted hazelnuts chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped sage

Method

  1. Combine all the ingredients for the crumb in a bowl, adding a pinch of salt, then set this mixture aside.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Warm the duck fat in a large flameproof roasting tin. Sear the cabbage quarters in the tin until the cut surfaces are crisp and lightly charred. Turn them so the cut side faces up, sprinkle the prepared crumb mix over the top, dot with the diced butter and bake for 15 mins until the topping is golden.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories191 kcal
Fat14 g
Saturates5 g
Carbs11 g
Sugars4 g
Fibre2 g
Protein3 g
Sodium40 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelEasy
CategorySide dish