FABULOUS, after I dressed it up a bit! I fried the bacon in a Dutch oven, drained it on paper towels, fried the sausage in the same pan after draining some grease. I added the onion, carrot, and celery, (which I increased the amounts of to about 1c each,) threw in the garlic once the veggies were almost done. I deglazed the pan with water, chicken Better than Bullion, added about 2 Tbs sazonador, (found in the Mexican food aisle.) I then put the cabbage in, seasoned with more salt and pepper and a few more splashes of sazonador, threw the lid on for about 5 minutes to let it get tender, removed the lid to reduce the liquid and stirred til nearly done. THEN, (and this is good!!) I returned the bacon, topped the whole thing with two tubes of refrigerated biscuits, and baked it at 400 for 15-20 mins til they were a nice light brown. It was AMAZING!!! Oh!! And the apple!! I used a Granny Smith- diced 1/2 and cooked it with the veggies, thinly sliced the other 1/2 and added it with the cabbage!
Italian Cabbage Casserole Haiku: "Something not quite right. Bit too much coriander. Just wasn't so great." We couldn't nail down what it was about this casserole that didn't sit well w/ us. We love the combination of any type of sausage w/ cabbage not to mention bacon too! The only small alterations that I had to make were less celery (didn't have 2 c. worth which really seemed like way too much!) I used a bag of shredded cabbage/carrot "coleslaw mix" and Vidalia onion instead of white. 2 TB of Italian seasoning and the 2 tsp of coriander was over-kill. Simply the bacon S&P and garlic would've made us enjoy this much more I think.
We loved it! I did not use the bacon at all and I did not add salt. I only used 1 tablespoon of Italian seasoning and 1 teaspoon of coriander. I did not have celery so I used a 1/2 teaspoon of celery seed. We will make this again!
Fantastic and easy. I didn't find the coriander over powering at all. My only complaint was it was a bit salty and I didn't add the recommended salt. Will use reduced beef broth next time. I also didn't cook the veggies that long just added celery carrots and cabbage at the same time and cooked till crisp tender.
My family (kids and all!) loved this meal! I will definitely be making this again. I used a homemade spicy Italian sausage so I cut back on the herbs and spice and cut the salt completely. We try not to eat pork but had the homemade sausage left in the freezer I ll be trying this with turkey sausage and bacon and let you know how it goes!
I give it 2 stars my husband gives it 4. It was too much broth and too much Italian.
Triple the bacon - CUT OUT the apple and the coriander and you have a nice dish.
Followed the recipe as written except we didn’t have any celery so we omitted it. Will be making it again.
This was delicious and was definitely the most purple dish I have ever eaten… I used purple cabbage LOL
