hello this is chef Nico with food cravings today we're making Mediterranean style cabbage salad and I'm going to show you my take on it here I have one whole head of cabbage which I'm going to cut up along with two cloves of garlic to start also half a lemon let's get to it this is such a popular side dish it's so easy to make and it's a great addition to any meal first we start by cutting our cabbage in half then we remove the core on the bottom part by cutting it out now I'll just toss that out next I'm going to shred the cabbage juice Amanda Lee safety is very important we don't want to cut the digits off so don't do as I did here just use the mandolin guard if you in the use of metal this or practice safety skills using the knife effectively to shred it now we're gonna add some fresh garlic next we're going to add some fresh mint but first we're gonna give it a quick dice this helps release the essential oils itself now we're going to add that the ball along with the remaining pieces and next we're going to get ready to add in a couple of spices first we're going to hit it with some Aleppo pepper then we're gonna hit some dry mint now we're gonna go ahead and add some slop at this time we're gonna go ahead and add a key ingredient some freshly squeezed lemon juice and I find the balance between sumac and lemon juice along with the garlic fresh mint the contrast of dry mint in there and some Aleppo pepper along with a drizzle of olive oil the very harmonious addition because all the flavors they homogenized together and counterbalance each other now you can see we're giving it a nice stir and this has to really incorporate itself and I'm not just talking about a quick toss like a regular salad I'm talking about really incorporating the flavors and there is a right time to add you guessed it some salt it's important to understand why we add the salt after everything else because we have the lemon juice the smog giving it a double twang along with the mint being incorporated and as we're stirring the key ingredient the salt that will stick to everything long at all and here I was throwing around a little bit before I went for a taste and I stirred some more before playing back into the bowl it's amazing what people go through just to find that twang I hope you've enjoyed the recipe for mediterranean-style cabbage salad for more info on ingredients list please visit www.flexsim.com and don't forget to Like and subscribe as well as sharing the video with your friends thanks Bon Appetit