Jamie Oliver serves up red cabbage braised with apple, bacon & balsamic vinegar for the festive season on Jamie’s Cracking Christmas.

Jamie says: “The classic combo of braised red cabbage and smoky bacon with juicy apple is an absolute winner. It is delicious with a proper roast.”

The ingredients are: olive oil, 2 rashers higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon, finely sliced, 1 tablespoon fennel seeds, bashed, 1 onion, peeled and sliced, 2 good eating apples, peeled and chopped into 2.5cm pieces, 1 red cabbage, outer leaves and core removed, chopped into irregular chunks, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, 150 ml balsamic vinegar, 1 small knob butter and 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped.