Veal Stuffed Cabbage Recipes

MOM'S CLASSIC STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Remove core from cabbage. Place whole head in a large pot filled with boiling, salted water. Cover and cook 3 minutes, or until softened enough to pull off individual leaves. If the leaves do not pull off easily, return the cabbage to the pot to boil a minute or two more. When the leaves are cool enough, use a paring knife to cut away the thick center stem from each leaf, without cutting all the way through.
• In a large bowl, add in the ground beef, pork, rice, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, eggs, ketchup, tomato paste, and parsley. Mix gently to combine. Add in 2/3rd of a can of tomato soup (almost 3/4 of a cup) and mix.
• To stuff the leaves lay down a single large leaf with the cut edge facing you (where the stem was) and place about a 1/2 cup of the meat mixture in the lower third of the leave. If the leaf is huge add more, if smaller add less meat. Fold the sides of the leaf over the meat and roll the cabbage up (like rolling a burrito). Repeat until all of the leaves are stuffed. If you have extra meat just roll it up as meatballs and place it in the baking pan with the stuffed cabbage.
• Preheat oven to 350F, rack in the center.
• In a large deep dish (4" at least) baking pan (or two 9×13" glass pans), spread out the remaining soup from the open can on the bottom of the pan. Open up a 2nd can and pour out 1/2 of it and spread out until the bottom of the pan in covered in a light coating.
• Place a single layer of stuffed cabbages on the bottom of your pan. Add the remaining half of the 2nd can of tomato soup. If you have leaves that are too small to stuff or are badly torn, add them on top of the soup.
• Add the 2nd layer of stuffed cabbage (you must make sure you have a 1/2" gap at the top of your pan and stuffed cabbage. It cannot go over the top of the pan. Top with the remaining can of tomato soup and spread out evenly.
• Spray the underneath of a large piece of foil. Place foil side down on the pan and close tightly around the dish. Place the pan on a larger cookie sheet to catch any spillovers.
• Bake for 3 - 4 hours or until the cabbage is tender when pierced with a knife. (I start to check mine after 2 hours 45 minutes).
• Remove from the oven, uncover and allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving.

VEAL IN SAVOY CABBAGE WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Put aside the cabbage. In a mixing bowl, mix by hand all the other ingredients, except sauce, and set aside. (This will be the filling to stuff the cabbage leaves.)
• Core out the centers of the cabbage. Place the whole cored cabbage in a large pot of boiling water. Boil until the leaves become slightly transparent. (Savoy cabbage cooks very quickly). Remove leaves from the water, 1 at a time.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Roll the meat mixture into 2-inch balls. Elongate slightly and place on individual cabbage leaves. Starting from core edge, roll cabbage with meat inside and tuck in sides to complete rolling process. Place in a covered roaster pan with some water and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove cooked cabbage rolls from roaster pan, and place on a serving plate. Serve with mushroom sauce over top.
• In a saucepan, combine mushrooms and 4 cups water, and bring to a boil. Boil for about 10 minutes or until mushrooms are soft. In a mixing bowl, mix flour and sour cream with 1/2 cup cold water, whisking until blended. Add mixture to mushrooms, stirring until blended. Simmer, stirring, for 5 minutes. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

VEAL-STUFFED CABBAGE

Steps:

• 1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the cabbage leaves and cook until they are soft and flexible, about 2 minutes. Drain the cabbage and cool under running water. Pat the leaves dry and arrange them on a flat surface. 2 In a food processor, finely chop the veal. Add the bell pepper, eggs, cheese, parsley, nutmeg, and salt and pepper. Process until very fine. 3 Scoop 1/4 cup of the meat mixture into the center of each cabbage leaf. Fold the sides over the meat, then fold over the top and bottom to form a neat package. Seal lengthwise with a toothpick. 4 Place the flour in a shallow bowl. In a large skillet, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat. Roll the cabbage packages a few at a time in the flour, then place them in the pan. (Add just enough rolls to fit comfortably in the pan.) Brown on all sides about 10 minutes. Transfer them to a plate. Brown the remainder in the same way. 5 When all the rolls have been transferred to the plate, add the tomatoes and broth to the pan. Season with salt and pepper. Return the cabbage rolls to the pan. Partially cover and cook 40 minutes, turning the rolls once, after 20 minutes. 6 Transfer the rolls to a serving platter. (If the sauce is too thin, boil the sauce until thickened.) Spoon the sauce over the rolls and serve hot. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.