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Easy Red Cabbage Salad

Easy cabbage salad with fennel, green apple, and gorgonzola. perfect with grilled meat or fish.

Easy Red Cabbage Salad
Prep time10 min
Total time10 min
Serves6 servings
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Here is one of the great salads. This one is made of red cabbage, fennel, green apple, and gorgonzola. This recipe for cabbage salad is perfect as a starter, a main course (evening suits me perfectly, or lunch at work), or as an accompaniment for grilled meat or fish. I used Gorgonzola for a change, but there are other excellent cheeses that also marry well with the crunchy vegetables and apple. Do not mix at the last moment, so as not to see it disappear into the salad. You can vary the herbs to suit your taste: dill, tarragon, chervil, coriander, and fennel green…

Nina L. Palmer
by Nina L. Palmer
Nina L. Palmer

Nina Palmer is a recipe developer and editor for Eatwell101 since 2013. She is passionate about food and culture and specializes in sweet recipes, desserts, baking, as well as developing editorial content.

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Updated Mar 17, 2026
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Ingredients list for red cabbage salad

Serves 6:

  • 1 small red cabbage
  • 1 fennel bulb
  • 1 Granny Smith apple
  • 5 1/3 ounces (150g) Gorgonzola (or other creamy blue cheese)
  • 3 1/2 (100g) of shelled nuts
  • 2 spring onions with stems
  • Some chives and parsley
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For the sauce:

  • 2 tbsp Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon walnut vinegar (or cider)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
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Directions

1. Finely chop the red cabbage with a knife or mandolin. Cut the fennel bulb in half, and chop it finely. Wash the apple, then cut it into thin strips, keeping the skin on. Slice green onions and chop the herbs.

2. Prepare the sauce in a large bowl by mixing all ingredients together (yogurt, mustard, oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper).

3. Add the chopped red cabbage, fennel, potatoes, onions, and herbs to the bowl. Stir until the sauce coats everything well.

4. Place sliced Gorgonzola and walnuts on top. Book in your refrigerator until ready to serve.

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(Image Dominique Sauvages)

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