As summer turns into fall, there’s no need to give up having crisp, fresh salads with your meals. Just turn your attention to winter vegetables, like cabbage and carrots. Coleslaw ingredients, in other words. This coleslaw is extra colorful, with carrots and red cabbage. It’s extra flavorful, with a homemade dressing that includes sour cream, mustard, vinegar, and enough sugar to make it go down sweetly. Best of all, if you’re really pressed for time, you can use a bag of ready-made coleslaw mix from the store. From the Inn Above Onion Creek Bed & Breakfast in Kyle, Texas, where you’ll enjoy the best of the old and the new.
Texas Sweet Spicy Coleslaw
2015-01-30 10:57:27
Yields 6
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Ingredients
- 1 large bag of prepared coleslaw mix
- or
- 1 head green cabbage (shredded)
- 1/2 head red cabbage (shredded)
- 2 or 3 large carrots (shredded)
Dressing
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
- 2 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- If making the coleslaw mix from scratch the use of a food processor with a grating disk will make quick work of the shredding.
- For the dressing combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Add 3/4 of dressing to cabbage and carrot mixture and mix until well incorporated.
- Check wetness and incorporate remaining dressing to desired consistency.
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