Red Cabbage (sweet and sour)

2 T shortening or bacon grease
1 onion, chopped
1 T. sugar
1 head red cabbage, cut
1-2 apples, peeled, cored and cubed
1/2 c. vinegar
2 T. flour
salt to taste
red wine (optional)

Melt fat. Add onion and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved and onion starts to turn yellow. Add cabbage and apple. Stir and add vinegar. Cook covered for 20 minutes. Dust with flour and add 2-4 T. red wine. Stir until flour is mixed in with the cabbage. Cook for another 20 minutes and add salt to taste.