Red cabbage parcels with beer braised apples recipe

Ingredients

• 2 red cabbages
• ¾ cup 200 ml white vinegar
• 6 Royal Gala apples (or other red-skinned crisp apples)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1½ sticks (6 oz./180 g lightly salted butter)
• 3 cups 750 ml brown ale of your choice
• 1 thyme sprig
• 1 bay leaf
• Fleur de sel
• Freshly ground pepper
• 4 Royal Gala apples
• 3 tbsp 1¾ oz./50 g butter, divided
• A little brown ale