Broiled Lemon + Cabbage
Serves 4 as a side dish

This very simple preparation turns everyone into a cabbage lover. It’s buttery, sweet, and addictive. Note that grilling cabbage does wonders too - and broiling is kind of like an upside down grill, so it’s great for the winter time. The photo above is with cauliflower florets, leaves, and core - same technique!

1 small head of cabbage, sliced into thin slabs, keeping the core intact
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
1 lemon, halved crosswise
2-3 Tablespoons roughly chopped delicate herbs (like flat leaf parsley, cilantro, chives, mint), optional
3-4 Tablespoons roughly chopped toasted nuts (like walnuts, pistachio nuts, almonds), optional 

  1. Turn the oven on to the high broil setting.

  2. Chop the cabbage in half through the core. Place the halves flat side down and slice it into thin slabs, keeping the core intact. 

  3. Place the cabbage on a rimmed baking dish and use your hands to gently and evenly coat with the olive oil, salt and pepper. (You may need two baking sheets.) Try to keep the slabs intact. Nestle in the lemon halves cut side down.

  4. Cook for 2-4 minutes on the top oven rack until some of the edges of the cabbage turn brown and the cabbage turns more of a vibrant hue. Remove from the oven and flip the cabbage and the lemon halves over with tongs or a spatula. Return to the oven for another 2-3 minutes until edges are browned. Keep a close eye - it can cook more quickly than expected!

  5. Remove from the oven and use a spatula to smoosh the juice out of the lemons, removing any seeds. Toss the cabbage with the lemon juice, transfer to a serving dish, and sprinkle with herbs and/or nuts if you are using. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Modified Elephant’s Delicatesin Tomato Orange Soup

Here is the original recipe. Below you’ll see the version I prepared. Remember you can add beans, shrimp, chicken etc to make it more of a meal and you can change the flavor profile by adding, for example, coconut milk, chili oil, ginger, lime, cilantro, curry spices (coriander, cumin etc). You could also use this as a sauce, say, over white fish.