# Grilled Bacon Chop On Toast with Fermented Red Cabbage, Beetroot And Apple, Mustard and Dill, Gherkin Sourcream Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749/grilled-bacon-chop-on-toast-with-fermented-red-cabbage-beetroot-and-apple-mustard-and-dill-gherkin-sourcream Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749/grilled-bacon-chop-on-toast-with-fermented-red-cabbage-beetroot-and-apple-mustard-and-dill-gherkin-sourcream.md Podcast: [Cooking with Paula McIntyre](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749) Published: 2026-01-10T12:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mt1b2h Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mt19bj.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749/episodes/grilled-bacon-chop-on-toast-with-fermented-red-cabbage-beetroot-and-apple-mustard-and-dill-gherkin-sourcream Duration seconds: 466 ## Resource Grilled bacon chop on toast with fermented red cabbage, beetroot and apple, mustard and dill, gherkin sourcream Fermented red cabbage with beetroot and apple 500g red cabbage, roots removed and finely shredded 1 large beetroot, peeled and coarsely grated 2 eating apples, coarsely grated 1 red onion, finely sliced 10g seasalt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon chilli paste ( chipotle works well here) 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seeds Place the red cabbage, beetroot, apples and onions in a bowl and mix in the seasalt. Mix together for 5 minutes, rubbing in the salt – use gloves! Cover with a teatowel and leave for a few hours, mixing occasionally. Mix in the chilli, pepper and coriander and press into a sterilized jar or jars and press down to ensure the mixture is covered with liquid. If not make up a brine of 10g salt to 100ml of water, simmer until salt has dissolved and pour onto the vegetables. Press down and place a lid on top but don’t tighten it. Keep at room temperature for a week, pressing down frequently. Place lid on after a week and store in the fridge. 2 bacon chops 4 slices sourdough bread 200ml sour cream 1 tablespoon finely chopped gherkin or cornichon 2 tablespoons dill, chopped 2 teaspoons wholegrain mustard Place the chops fat side down on a pan over medium heat and cook until the fat is golden. Cook on both sides for about 3 minutes each side or until cooked through and rest for 5 minutes. Mix the sourcream with the gherkins, dill and mustard. Toast the bread. Spread some of the sourcream on to the toast, top with sliced bacon and then some of the fermented cabbage. Garnish with dill and serve. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749/episodes/grilled-bacon-chop-on-toast-with-fermented-red-cabbage-beetroot-and-apple-mustard-and-dill-gherkin-sourcream/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cooking-with-paula-mcintyre-683749/grilled-bacon-chop-on-toast-with-fermented-red-cabbage-beetroot-and-apple-mustard-and-dill-gherkin-sourcream.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.