Grandmother's Polish Cabbage and Noodles

Ingredients

• 0.25 cups butter
• 1 head cabbage , cored and chopped
• 1 large onion , diced
• 1 , 12 ounce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1.5 cups cooked ham , cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 pinches white sugar , or to taste

Instructions

1. 1

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

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

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

4. 4

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