Stuffed Cabbage

2016-09-04

This recipe is similar to Stuffed Bell Peppers and Stuffed Tomatoes. The main difference is the vegetable that wraps the meat. Yet, because of the unique taste of those vegetables, each dish ends up being quite different from the others. Stuffed cabbage is very popular in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

You can do the same thing with lettuce, bok choy or any other edible large-leaf vegetable.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 3 servings
2 rolls each + leftovers for meatballs

1 large green cabbage
1 lb. ground meat beef + pork mix
or your favorite sausage meat
2 lbs. tomatoes or 1 qt. tomato sauce
2 cups onion / bell pepper mix
1 cup long grain rice, cooked
1 egg
1 tbsp. soy sauce
S&P
condiments as desired (e.g. hot sauce, …)
½ bunch fresh parsley
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1-2 limes, juiced
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

Pic1: stuffed cabbage, tomato sauce

Directions

Pic2: mix
Pic3: steam
Pic4: peel

Preheat the oven to 350 ºF.
Mix the meat, onions, bell peppers, egg, parsley and rice.
Add S&P and (hot) condiments to taste. (Pic2)
Cut the core out of the cabbage. Steam the cabbage for 15 minutes. (Pic3)
Starting from the core, carefully peel the cabbage leaves away, starting at the core. Continue until you have 6 large leaves. If the leaves are too small, use several smaller leaves to wrap each meatball.

Pic5: wrap
Pic6: cook
Pic7: serve

Place ½ cup of meat mix in a cabbage leaf near the base.
Roll up the base, tuck in the sides and roll further all the way.
Place the cabbage roll in a greased ovenproof dish with the leaf edge down. (Pic5)
Stew the tomatoes into a thick sauce
Add Worcestershire sauce, sugar and lemon juice to taste (do taste!) and simmer 5 more minutes.
Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls. (Pic6)
Remove air pockets to make sure there is sauce all around and under the cabbage rolls.
Reserve the remainder of the sauce to serve later.
Bake in oven for 60 minutes at 350 ºF. Remove from oven (Pic7)
Serve immediately and ladle a generous amount of the sauce over the cabbage roll. (Pic1)
Leftover meat mix and/or sauce can be used to make some tomato soup with meat balls.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org