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🍽️ Juicy Savoy Cabbage Rolls with Minced Meat Filling

787 kcal · 90 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Separate 12 large leaves from the savoy cabbage head.
  2. 2. Trim the hard central rib of the leaves slightly to make them easier to roll.
  3. 3. Boil the leaves for 2 minutes in boiling salted water (blanching means cooking briefly in boiling water).
  4. 4. Cut the bread into small cubes.
  5. 5. Pour hot milk over the bread cubes and let them soak.
  6. 6. Quarter the remaining savoy cabbage.
  7. 7. Cut out the conical rib.
  8. 8. Slice the greens into thin strips.
  9. 9. Rinse the savoy cabbage strips briefly.
  10. 10. Let the strips drain well.
  11. 11. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
  12. 12. Dice the onions.
  13. 13. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a pan.
  14. 14. Sauté the onions together with the savoy cabbage strips in the butter.
  15. 15. Add the remaining savoy cabbage gradually, as it will wilt quickly.
  16. 16. Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
  17. 17. Let the vegetable filling cool down slightly.
  18. 18. Finely chop the parsley.
  19. 19. Squeeze the milk out of the soaked bread.
  20. 20. Mix the cooled vegetable filling with the parsley, the bread, the egg, and the minced meat.
  21. 21. Season the meat mixture vigorously again with salt, pepper, and paprika powder.
  22. 22. Take 1 to 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture.
  23. 23. Wrap the filling in a savoy cabbage leaf.
  24. 24. Place the rolls seam-side down in a greased, ovenproof dish.
  25. 25. Distribute the remaining butter in small pieces over the rolls.
  26. 26. Roast the cabbage rolls in the oven without additional liquid for about 15 minutes.
  27. 27. Take the dish out when the rolls start to brown.
  28. 28. Pour the broth into the dish.
  29. 29. Roast the rolls for another 45 minutes in the oven.
  30. 30. This dish fills 4 adults.
  31. 31. However, we prefer to eat it with homemade mashed potatoes.
  32. 32. So this amount will likely fill 6 adults.

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