Cabbage Roll Recipe
 
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A delicious and nutritious meal that is simple to make, cost effective.
Marissa:
Recipe type: Mains
Cuisine: Greek
Servings: 4
Ingredients
  • 200g calvaro nero, washed
  • 500g mince (250g pork & 250g beef works well)
  • ¼ cup long grain rice, raw
  • 10g parsley, finely chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 1 Tablespoon tomatoe paste, heaped
  • A dollop butter
  • Olive oil to grease the pot
  • ½ lemon, squeezed
Method
  1. Mix the mince, parsley and rice together, add salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Trim down the thick white stalk from the cabbage leaves. Be careful not to cut through the leaf.
  3. Starting at the top of the leaf add 1 heaped tablespoon of the mince mixture and wrap and roll the edges in as if you are making a parcel.
  4. I add a little olive oil to bottom of the pot with a lid that you are going to use, so the cabbage rolls don't stick.
  5. Place the cabbage roll at the bottom of a pot with a lid, rolled side down.
  6. Keep stuffing and rolling the cabbage rolls laying them around the edge of the pot first and moving inwards. When the base of the pot is full, add another row of cabbage rolls on top of the other rolls.
  7. Add 1½-2 cups of water or just enough to come half way up the bottom layer of the cabbage rolls.
  8. Add the lemon juice, this prevents the colour of the leaves dulling when cooking.
  9. Add a few dollops of butter to the top of the cabbage rolls to add flavour while cooking. This step can be omitted, my Yiayia always does this, so I do too.
  10. Place a plate on top of the cabbage rolls to keep them from unravelling as they boil.
  11. Boil for 20-30 minute. To test careful remove the plate be careful of the steam, lift one cabbage roll out and check that the rice is cooked and the cabbage is soft.
  12. Return to boil if they are not cooked, replacing the plate and lid.
  13. Carefully remove the cabbage rolls from the pot and serve with Greek yoghurt.
Tips
The leaf sizes may vary, when rolling you want the meat to be covered in one revolution, therefore, cut the leaf in half if need be.
For a vegetarian/vegan option omit the meat and use rice and chopped vegetables.
Recipe by Marissa's Recipes & Ideas at https://www.marissa.co/cabbage-roll-recipe-using-cavolo-nero/