Nanna's Maltese fried cabbage (kabocci moqli)
 
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A simple cabbage, and a few other ingredients make cabbage far from boring!
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Cuisine: Maltese
Ingredients
  • 1 whole round cabbage, quartered and leaves separated
  • 2 onions diced
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 3 rashers bacon diced
  • 8 eggs beaten
  • Small bunch chopped herb or your choice (I used dill and parsley but you could use fennel or even fennel seeds)
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. In a large pot of simmering water, cook the cabbage for about 5 - 8 minutes to soften.
  2. While this is happening fry your onion, bacon and garlic in a large heavy frying pan for about 8 minutes until cooked. Add the herbs in the last minute of cooking and then take out of the pan and set aside.
  3. Remove and drain the cabbage.
  4. In the large frying pan add enough olive oil to coat the base.
  5. Add a layer of cabbage, then a layer of your onion/bacon mixture, plus some seasoning.
  6. Keep doing this until your last layer on top is cabbage (you will have about 4 layers of cabbage and 3 layers of onion/bacon mixture).
  7. Add in the eggs and some more olive oil on top which will spread throughout the layers.
  8. Season with salt and pepper.
  9. Cook on low/medium heat with the lid on for about half an hour or until the eggs have fully cooked.
  10. Cut into pieces and serve. A great side dish with chicken
Recipe by A Maltese Mouthful at https://www.amaltesemouthful.com/nannas-maltese-fried-cabbage/