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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Tender cabbage leaves filled with a flavourful mixture of ground meat, veggies and rice, baked in a rich homemade tomato sauce. This easy recipe is a healthy, gluten-free and lower-carb comfort food dish your family is sure to love!

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Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 90 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Cooking Temp 190  C
Best Season Suitable throughout the year
Ingredients - Serves 9-10 Cabbage Rolls
    Cabbage Filling:
  • 1 Large Cabbage
  • 250g/8.8.8oz Ground Beef
  • 250g/8.8oz Ground Pork
  • 1 Small Onion, finely diced
  • 2 Cloves Garlic, minced
  • 1 Large Carrot, finely shredded
  • 1 Cup Cooked Rice
  • 3 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese
  • 1 Tsp Paprika
  • 3 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Tomato Ketchup
  • ¼ Fresh Chopped Parsley, divided
  • 2 Tbsp White Vinegar
  • 1 Egg, slightly beaten
  • Salt & Pepper
    • Tomato Sauce:
  • 1 400g/14oz Can Tomato Juice/Sauce
  • 1 400/14oz Can Diced Tomatoes/Polpa
  • 1 Small Onion, finely diced
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
  • 1 Tsp Dried Oregano
  • 1 Tsp Dried Basil
  • Pinch Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 Tsp Sugar
  • Salt & Pepper
Method
    Preparing the Cabbage -
  1. Fill a large soup pot with water and bring to boil. Add ½ tsp salt and 2 tbsp vinegar. (Vinegar helps alleviate some of that boiled cabbage smell.)
  2. Peel and discard 2 outer leaves from the cabbage. Use a knife to cut out the cabbage core. Place the cabbage in boiling water core side down and cook for 7 minutes, flip cabbage over and continue to cook for another 7 minutes.
  3. Remove the cabbage from the pot and slowly remove the outer leaves and transfer to a platter to cool. If the inner leaves are still hard, return the cabbage to the pot of boiling water and cook for a few more minutes until the leaves are soft enough to roll.
    4. Filling -
  4. In a large bowl, combine meats, onion, garlic, rice, shredded carrots, parmesan cheese, paprika, parsley, ketchup, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and beaten egg.
  5. Fill each cabbage leaf, core side closest to you with 3-4 tbsp meat mixture. Roll the leaf like a burrito and tuck in the sides as you continue to roll it, leaving it seam side down.
    6. Tomato Sauce -

  6. Cook the onions in a little olive oil until they start to soften then add the garlic and sauté for just 1 minute, until fragrant. Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. 

    7. Baking -
  7. Preheat oven to 190C/375F.
  8. Spread a little tomato sauce over the base of a baking dish. Place the cabbage rolls on top next to each other and top with remaining sauce. Cover with foil and bake for 60-90 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
  9. Remove from oven and leave to rest covered for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining fresh parsley and serve.

  10. Enjoy!

Read it online: https://lollyskitchen.com.mt/recipe/stuffed-cabbage-rolls/