Just-cooked cabbage with butter, anchovy, and lemon from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over (page 143) by Alison Roman

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  • anya_sf on February 02, 2021

    Using savoy cabbage, this turned out great, although not especially healthy with all that fat. The anchovies didn't melt into the butter (too hot), but rather fried - still good though. The cabbage got so dark it looked burnt and I worried it would be horrible, but it was delicious. Cabbage-hating son even liked it because "it didn't have the flavor or texture of cabbage".

  • BeckyLeJ on April 30, 2020

    Even Alison Roman won’t make me an anchovy fan. But I subbed capers and otherwise made the dish exactly to the recipe. A nice alternative to the standard cabbage recipes I’m used to.

  • Skamper on March 28, 2020

    We both really liked this. I used regular green cabbage since that's what I had and can see how it'd be even tastier with a more delicate cabbage. Used half batches of everything else, subbing 1 tsp anchovy paste for the fillets.

  • Jane on January 03, 2020

    This was a good, quick side and could even make a lunch or light supper. I served it with leftover sausages, sliced and reheated in the same pan. There was lots of flavor from the caramelized cabbage, butter, anchovies and lemon.

  • jenmacgregor18 on November 08, 2019

    Since I'm usually cooking ahead to take meals to work--and this isn't a cook ahead cabbage dish--I used Deborah Madison's wilted cabbage salad recipe for the veg, which is great prepped ahead. But I used Alison's dressing of butter, anchovy & lemon from this recipe. It was really good. Not too strong on the anchovy. Pretty mellow in the butter, but a lot of flavor. Excellent option.

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