Grilled Red Cabbage Carbonara-Ish

A riff on a recipe from Hetty Lui McKinnon's new cookbook Tenderheart

If you missed yesterday’s Q&A with Hetty Lui McKinnon, be sure to check it out! For paid subscribers, she graciously allowed me to share the following adaptation of one of my favorite recipes from her new book Tenderheart, her “Cabbage Carbonara-ish.”

The “ish” here comes from the fact of there being no guanciale, pancetta, or bacon in the dish — the smoky, fatty, meaty element that’s traditional. Hetty reinvents it as a vegetarian main by incorporating sweet caramelized cabbage.