Grandmother’s Polish Cabbage and Noodles

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 head cabbage, cored and chopped
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 (12 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 cups cooked ham, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 pinches white sugar, or to taste

Directions

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir cabbage and onion until very tender, about 30 minutes.

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in bow tie pasta and return to a boil. Cook pasta until tender but still slightly firm, about 12 minutes. Drain well and set aside.

Stir water and cooked ham into cabbage mixture; heat through. Thoroughly mix in sugar.

Gently stir bow tie pasta into the ham and cabbage and heat through.