Red cabbage salad with apples and raisins
6 servings
30 minutes
Red cabbage salad with apples and raisins is a bright and refreshing dish of Russian cuisine that combines the crunchiness of cabbage, the sweetness of apples and raisins, as well as the delicate spiciness of red pepper. Red cabbage gives the salad a vivid color and rich flavor, while apples add a slight tartness. Historically, such salads were popular in Russian homes as simple yet nutritious dishes, especially in winter when fresh vegetables were scarce. Raisins add pleasant sweetness that softens the taste of cabbage, while mayonnaise binds the ingredients together to create a harmony of textures. This salad is perfect as a standalone dish or as a side to meat, bringing freshness and richness of flavors to any table.
1
Prepare all the ingredients.
2
Chop the cabbage. Red cabbage is tougher than regular, so cut it as thin as possible. This way the salad will be uniform.
- Red cabbage: 0.5 piece
3
How to properly massage cabbage with hands.
- Red cabbage: 0.5 piece
4
Remove the seeds from the pepper. Cut it into four to six lengthwise strips and chop into thin sticks.
- Red sweet pepper: 1 piece
5
Mix pepper with cabbage.
- Red sweet pepper: 1 piece
- Red cabbage: 0.5 piece
6
Remove the core from the apples. Grate them on a coarse grater.
- Apple: 2 pieces
7
Add apples to the cabbage with pepper.
- Apple: 2 pieces
- Red cabbage: 0.5 piece
- Red sweet pepper: 1 piece
8
Rinse the raisins under running water and add them to the salad.
- Raisin: 100 g
9
Add salt to taste, add mayonnaise and mix.
- Mayonnaise: 100 g
- Salt: to taste
10
Serve immediately.