Why We Love This Recipe
- Super healthy: Cabbage is — like most cruciferous vegetables — extremely healthy. Loaded with vitamins, potassium, fiber and even a little protein, it’s earned its ‘superfood’ reputation.
- Cheap: It’s hard to think of a more affordable vegetable than cabbage. Usually priced around $1 per pound, a head of cabbage gives a lot of bang-for-buck in terms of bulk and nutrition, that’s for sure.
- Roasted cabbage is the ultimate last-minute party trick: A head of cabbage keeps in the fridge for at least 2 weeks, and we’ve had them chill happily in the coolest part of the fridge for over a month. Buy a cabbage, toss it in the crisper (or any cool part of your fridge) and you’ve got a simple side dish at your fingertips.
- Easy to find, year-round: Though it’s harvested twice a year (there’s a summer crop and a winter crop) you can find good cabbage basically year-round because it keeps so well.
- It looks really pretty! Not that people come to your dinner parties to be impressed by the food, but it doesn’t hurt to wow your friends once in a while, and these gorgeous roasted cabbage wedges have a great ‘wow’ factor. With crispy edges and super tender insides, plus a zingy dressing that keeps you coming back for bite after bite, the only drawback is that this snazzy side dish might steal the limelight.
How To Roast Cabbage Wedges
- Cut the cabbage into wedges, but focus on keeping the leaves of each wedge attached to a piece of the cabbage core so that each wedge remains intact. You also want the wedges to be roughly even in size, so that they bake evenly.
- Season the wedges with olive oil, granulated garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Lay them on their sides on your favorite sheet pan.
- Roast for 15 minutes at 450°F.
- Flip the cabbage and let them roast for another 15 minutes, so that both sides get nicely crisped edges.
- Make the mustard sauce while the cabbage finishes roasting.
- Dress the cabbage wedges generously with the mustard dressing, and let everyone dig in!
Mustard Cream Sauce + More Topping Ideas
We are obsessed with this creamy mustard sauce. With heavy cream, wine and two kinds of mustard, it is a little bit of a to-do. But it’s soooo worth it, and that creamy, sharp rich flavors are heavenly with the almost-sweet roasted cabbage. However, if this sauce feels too fussy, you don’t have to make it. You could finish the roasted cabbage with so many other, simple dressings, like:
- A simple spritz of fresh lemon juice, good olive oil, more pepper and a dusting of Parm.
- A more basic vinaigrette (Dijon mustard + vinegar, slowly whisk in lots of olive oil until the dressing is creamy and tastes delicious.)
- Caesar dressing (it’s good on everything, after all!)
Serving Suggestions
This cabbage is a dreamy side dish for almost any main you can imagine! Any roast chicken would be happy to have this by its side. A few of our favorite dishes to pair this with would be:
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