Cabbage steaks with apple, goat’s cheese & pecans - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 firm, round cabbage
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tangy, red-skinned apple (we used Jazz)
• 1 tsp cider vinegar
• about 300g goat's cheese (one with a rind from the cheese counter) cut into four thick slices (we used Soignon)
• 25g pecans, roughly broken
• a few thyme sprigs, leaves only
• good pinch of cayenne pepper or hot smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp maple syrup