Beef Sauerbraten with Parsley Mash and Cabbage

Ingredients

• Beef
• 1 1/2 kg piece of beef topside or silverside
• 40 gm butter
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 150 ml red wine
• 250 ml double cream (1 cup)
• Marinade
• 2 carrots, thinly sliced
• 250 ml red wine (1 cup)
• 250 ml red wine vinegar (1 cup)
• 6 black peppercorns
• 6 whole cloves
• 3 fresh bay leaves
• ½ tsp ground allspice
• Parsley mash
• 1 kg desiree potatoes, quartered
• 1 ½ tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp butter
• 125 ml milk (½ cup)
• Cabbage
• 1 red onion, peeled, halved and cut into eight wedges
• 800 gm cabbage, thickly sliced