Creamed Cabbage Norwegian Style Recipes

BACON CREAMED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Dice bacon and cook bacon in a skillet until browned. Once browned remove with a slotted spoon reserving bacon fat.
• Add onion to the bacon fat and cook until tender. Stir in garlic and cook just until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add cabbage and cook 2-3 minutes or just until it starts to wilt.
• Add chicken stock and heavy cream and cook uncovered until cabbage is tender and sauce has thickened. Stir in bacon and season with salt & pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

CABBAGE-NORWAY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut cabbage into shreds.
• Place cabbage in sauce pan and add boiling water and salt.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes, drain.
• In another pan heat butter, stir in flour with whisk.
• Blend well, add milk stirring rapidly. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove from heat and stir in cheese, add cayenne pepper to taste.
• Combine cabbage and sauce. Spoon into a buttered casserole.
• Mix bread crumbs with butter.
• Top cabbage with butter-bread crumbs.
• Bake about 20 minutes and until topping is browned.

NORWEGIAN CREAM OF CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Scrub the potatoes well but do not peel.
• Cook in water to cover until well done, about 30 minutes after the water boils.
• In a soup pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter.
• Add the onion and saute until golden brown and sweet, about 10 minutes.
• Add the caraway seeds and saute for 1 minute.
• Coarsely chop two-thirds of the cabbage (including the cores).
• Add to the soup pot.
• To speed the cooking you might want to add the cabbage a little at a time and let it cook down, or add it all at once and cover the pot.
• Cook until the cabbage is sweet and limp.
• Blend the onion-cabbage mixture with the potatoes, potato water, and milk.
• Set aside.
• Finely chop the remaining cabbage.
• In the soup pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter.
• Add the remaining cabbage and saute until the cabbage is limp.
• Add the blended mixture to the soup pot, along with the salt, pepper, and vinegar.
• Heat gently until simmering, then simmer for 5-10 minutes to blend the flavors.
• Taste and adjust the seasonings.

NORWEGIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking pan.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; stir in onion. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer onion to a large mixing bowl and add beef, cooked rice, cream, egg, parsley, potato starch, 2 teaspoons salt, pepper, caraway seeds, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. Mix to combine in an even consistency and refrigerate filling until needed.
• Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Place 1 head of cabbage in the boiling water and parboil until bright green and leaves are softened, about 2 minutes. Carefully remove cabbage with tongs or a large fork. Repeat with remaining head of cabbage. Allow to cool, about 10 minutes.
• Remove outer leaves from the cooled cabbage. Lay 1 leaf flat on a work surface and cut out the stem. Spoon a generous 2 tablespoons of filling into the center of the leaf. Fold the corners at the stem end diagonally over the filling, fold the sides over, and roll up like a tiny burrito. Place in the prepared baking pan. Repeat to make remaining cabbage rolls until filling is used up.
• Add water to the baking pan until it is halfway up the sides of the cabbage rolls.
• Bake in the preheated oven until beef is cooked through and no longer pink, about 40 minutes.

BAKED CREAMED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Shred cabbage and cook for 9 minutes in boiling water.
• Remove cabbage and drain well.
• Place in 1 1/2 quart buttered casserole.
• Melt butter in a saucepan, stir in flour and salt and cook until smooth.
• Add milk gradually, stirring until thick.
• Pour sauce over cabbage and sprinkle bread crumbs over top.
• Bake at 325° for 15 minutes or until crumbs are brown.

NORWEGIAN CREAM OF CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Scrub the potatoes well but do not peel. Cook in water to cover until well done, about 30 minutes after the water boils.
• 2. In a soup pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the onion and sauté until golden brown and sweet, about 10 minutes. Add the caraway seeds and sauté for 1 minute.
• 3. Coarsely chop two-thirds of the cabbage (including the cores). Add to the soup pot. To speed the cooking you might want to add the cabbage a little at a time and let it cook down, or add it all at once and cover the pot. Cook until the cabbage is sweet and limp.
• 4. Blend the onion-cabbage mixture with the potatoes, potato water, and milk. Set aside.
• 5. Finely chop the remaining cabbage. In the soup pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the remaining cabbage and sauté until the cabbage is limp.
• 6. Add the blended mixture to the soup pot, along with the salt, pepper, and vinegar. Heat gently until simmering, then simmer for 5-10 minutes to blend the flavors.
• 7. Taste and adjust the seasonings.