Freezing white cabbage.

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I have a large amount of white cabbages which I don't want to go to waste. Has anyone had any success with freezing cabbage? I found a recipe for a sweet cabbage pickle that I might try( we don't like Sauerkraut). I often freeze red cabbage but I wondered if white cabbage would go into mush. I have red cabbages and savoy cabbages which will survive autumn weather but the white ones are not so hardy.

jamanda

I cook cabbage and then freeze in portions.  Works for me.

cornishchick

jamanda said:

I cook cabbage and then freeze in portions.  Works for me.

about to say the same thing, I warm it up by stirfrying with bacon bits,

Apintplease

far too much water in white cabbage for it to freeze successfully , it will break down

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I have found a recipe for baked cabbage in a cream sauce (found it in a freezer book) which I might try and I will try freezing a few portions of cooked cabbage to reheat from frozen. I'll try experimenting with a few things otherwise the sheep will be getting the excess cabbage!

goldfinches

That sounds delicious, do let us know how it turns out and if you felt like passing on the recipe I'm interested especially if it's a "prepare in advance and bung in the oven/slow cooker" kind of dish.
Happy browsing and sluicing to you meanwhile, goldfinches.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Me too button_box, please.

shykins

i often bake white cabbage .   cut up put in lidded dish.  add a little cream and water, season and bung in oven.     takes approx 20-30mins    can add  cheese and/or bacon, ham etc to make it more  of a meal than a side dish

FBL1993

button_box said:

I have a large amount of white cabbages which I don't want to go to waste. Has anyone had any success with freezing cabbage? I found a recipe for a sweet cabbage pickle that I might try( we don't like Sauerkraut). I often freeze red cabbage but I wondered if white cabbage would go into mush. I have red cabbages and savoy cabbages which will survive autumn weather but the white ones are not so hardy.

I've never had any problem freezing it. Some people (including me previously) are a bit squeamish about freezing certain things. I found a load of reduced 1k cheddar blocks in Tesco and froze the lot. I know it sounds crazy but they're genuinely fine when I take them out..texture + taste is brilliant!