Miso-Butter Charred Cabbage

Name: Miso-Butter Charred Cabbage
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 wedges
Ingredients: 1 medium head green cabbage (about 2½ lb), cut into 8 wedges through the core; 2 tbsp neutral oil; ½ tsp kosher salt; 4 tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 2 tbsp white miso; 1 tbsp maple syrup or honey; 1 tsp rice vinegar; 2 scallions, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Giant's Cabbage

Cabbage roasted cut-side down on a screaming-hot pan gets sweet and nutty at the edges. A smear of miso butter at the end does the rest. It costs about three dollars.

Fork or mugVegetarian

Prep10 min

Cook35 min

Total45 min

Yield8 wedges

At the table: Loosely covered in a 200°F oven up to 1 hour.

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Why nowCabbage is cheap, keeps for weeks and turns sweet and silky in a hot oven. At Thanksgiving it also frees the oven early.

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Ingredients

Party size

As written: 8 wedges.

Kosher salt means Diamond Crystal. With Morton kosher salt, use about half.

Method

Put a sheet pan in the oven and heat to 450°F. Brush the wedges with oil and sprinkle with salt.
Lay the wedges cut-side down on the hot pan. Roast 15 minutes, flip, and roast 10 to 15 minutes more.
Look forEdges deep brown, almost black in spots, and a knife slides into the core.
Mash the butter, miso, maple syrup and vinegar together.
Spread the miso butter over the hot wedges and return to the oven 2 to 3 minutes. Finish with scallions and sesame.

Make ahead

Make the miso butter up to a week ahead. Roast the cabbage the same day.

Holding

Loosely covered in a 200°F oven up to 1 hour.

Allergens

Contains milk, soy, sesame. Always check labels on packaged ingredients.

Notes

Check the miso label: some (dashi-iri) contain fish stock.

Tavern Night

This dish's twist table (d6)

1–2	The classic stands. No twist. Cook it as written.
3	Herb swap. Swap scallions for cilantro
4	Acid strike. Finish with a squeeze of lime
5	Plating challenge. Cut into bite-size chunks and serve on picks
6	Host's boon. The Host picks any twist above, or the table invents one. The safety rule still applies.

Roll before you start cooking. No twist ever changes a time, a temperature or how done something must be.