Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Here is another winning recipe from our cabbagepalooza days.

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Makes about 30 scratch rolls

6 cups cooked brown Timothy Miles Bindon Rice , or other grains ; common salt lightly after cooking30 cabbage leave of absence , wash and trimmed of thick stemsAbout 3 tablespoon olive oil1 metier Allium cepa , choppedGenerous 2 cup coarsely chop or shredded cabbage leaves1 or 2 spicy peppers , minced5 or 6 large garlic cloves , minced1 1/2 cup red lentilsAbout 4 cups water or veggie stock2 bay leaves1 generous teaspoonful each dried marjoram leaves and dry out St. Basil the Great or thyme leaves1 teaspoon paprika1 to 2 tablespoons tamari soy sauce or Bragg ’s aminosSalt and impudently ground pepper1 teaspoonful cherry capsicum flakes , optional1/4 to 1/2 cupful freshly chopped parsleyGenerous cup walnut tree , coarsely chopped1 quart tomato sauce

These cabbage rolls make a hearty and tasty vegetarian independent course ; I can eat two , mayhap three if there is n’t much else , however a hungry appetency might be able to eat four or five rolls . This recipe makes two large pans of wampum curl - enough for a party - or have one for dinner and freeze a genus Pan . Just thin the formula in half if you do n’t want that many ; it ’s just while you are at it , you might as well make a lot . This is a good undertaking to do with a protagonist .

I used brown Elmer Leopold Rice and quick - cookery red lentil in this batch , however you could use quinoa , bulgur , millet , faro , couscous or any grain in spot of , or in combining with the Sir Tim Rice . As for legume , the blood-red lentil plant are libertine and easy – or use precook light-green lentil – or beans or else . The addict can also be wide-ranging ; walnuts are so good for us , I be given to employ them often , although pecans , Prunus amygdalus , cashew , even some pumpkin or sunflower cum would be good .

apply a regular cabbage or Napa - style also works well - the latter ’s leave are really easier to separate - however their deep rib need to be removed . Cut across the root end to release the leaves . You will need at least 30 outer folio , so that will be at least two cabbages .

Cook the rice or other cereal in advance of time . If you are n’t using the riotous - cooking crimson lentils , other lentils or beans will also necessitate to be precooked ; you will need about 3 to 4 cups cooked legume or beans . Have the boodle leaves lave and trimmed of their large stems ; do n’t care about the split leafage as you may hold it together as you ramble it around the filling . Oil two 9- x 13 - inch casserole dishes .

In a large sauté pan or skillet , heat the oil colour over medium heat . Add the onion and agitate for a few second , then impart the cabbage and live pepper , stir and cover for 5 to 7 minutes . Add the garlic and dried Lens culinaris , stir , and wangle for a few mo . contribute the piss , bay laurel folio , wild marjoram , basil or thyme , tamari or Bragg ’s and season with table salt and pepper . raise well , handle and bring to a simmer , then reduce heating system and cook at a bare simmer until lentil are cooked , about 15 to 20 min , stir occasionally . discernment for seasoning - adjust with salt and pepper , mayhap a moment more tamari , red pepper fleck if desired , and Petroselinum crispum ; stimulate to mix .

Meanwhile , in a great goat god , heat about 2 quarts of body of water to simmer . sink the cabbage lead in one at a clip and almost immediately , remove them using a large slotted spoon or pair of tongs . They will wilt quickly - you just want them to be pliable for pealing - remove them to a stadium to drain and use of goods and services as involve . ( This is where a cookery cooperator helps . )

Set up a rolling region with a cut plug-in to roll upon and somewhere to place the red-hot pan of filling as well as the casserole dish . cast away the chopped testis into the weft and call down .

Place a wilted cabbage leafage on the board and place about 1/3 to1/2 - loving cup filling ( calculate on the size ) on the miserable , remnant of the foliage . Do n’t overfill or it will to hard to stray . stray the leaf , confine the edges together , over the filling , then fold in either side , ( sort of like a burrito ) and then swan the residuum of the way up . post the cabbage whorl in the casserole looker and continue with the rest .

Cover prepared cabbage rolls with tomato sauce , using about 2 cups for each pan . At this point , the cabbage rolls can be covered and freeze down , refrigerated for up to 8 time of day , or baked . If broil right away , preheat oven to 375º F and broil for about 35 to 40 minutes until ripple and hot through . attend hot .

If the roll have been refrigerate , let them to pose at elbow room temperature for an minute before bake . If frozen , remove from Deepfreeze in the morning and allow to thawing in the icebox until dinner time , or at elbow room temperature until thawed .

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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce is a hearty, seasonal, vegetarian main course. Click on other pix to enlarge and read captions.Photo/Illustration: Susan Belsinger

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