Red Pear, Onion, and Cabbage Salad
Notes: You can substitute green cabbage, white onions, and yellow- or green-skin pears. If making up to 1 day ahead, cover and chill.
How to Make It
Step 1
1
Pull off and discard the bruised cabbage leaves. Rinse cabbage and thinly slice.
Step 2
2
In a large bowl, mix 6 tablespoons rice vinegar, sugar, horseradish, red onion, and ginger. Add cabbage and then salt to taste; mix well. For mellower flavor, let salad stand at least 10 minutes, then mix again.
Step 3
3
Rinse the pears, and core them. Coarsely chop 1 pear and mix with salad. Slice remaining pear, moisten with a little rice vinegar, and arrange on salad. Sprinkle with chives.
Ingredients
1 head red cabbage (about 1 1/2 lb.)
About 6 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped crystallized ginger
Salt
2 firm-ripe red-skin pears (5 to 6 oz. each)
1/2 cup chopped chives or green onions
