Must-try red cabbage braised with apple, bacon & balsamic vinegar

INGREDIENTS

• olive oil
• 2 rashers higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon, finely sliced
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, bashed
• 1 onion, peeled and sliced
• 2 good eating apples, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm pieces
• 1 red cabbage, outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 150 ml balsamic vinegar
• 1 small knob butter
• 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped