Deliberate deliciousness.I deconstructed stuffed cabbage rolls. All the ingredients were intact, but the roll-up and the drowning in liquid tomato sauce didn't need to happen.
I remember back in high school when my friend's mom was making a casserole of stuffed cabbage rolls. My mom never made this dish, so i was very interested. My friend's mom helpfully told me that she "slopped" a can of tomato soup over the stuffed rolls. Never mind the verb "slop." It was canned tomato soup that turned me off. Essence of salt and sugar; regardless of the corporate tomatoes.
So, in this case, we cut leaves of cabbage into circles. Cooked an Italian sausage removed from its casing with tomato sauce, onions, a flick of smoked Hungarian paprika, some partly cooked rice. Layered these ingredients in tiny Staub pots, instead of insisting on making nasty leaf packages. Lid on, a tiny addition of water halfway through.
Oh, I liked it so much. I'll probably make it again tomorrow.
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Ha. My first recipe for stuffed cabbage (from a college friend) includes instant rice -- canned tomatoes (no soup). Raisins and onions and ground beef. Long time cooking after roll-up. I like
later versions of mine later, and
your new one best of all.
Our family's recipe does not include any sauce at all. The stuffed rolls are fried in a little (or a lot, whatever your preferences) butter and oil until browned. Slightly crispy edges are a bonus.
The cabbage's sweetness really shines when it is fried golden brown. :)
Snickering at the "flick" and, of course, at Oprah.
It's too hot to even THINK about real food *wilts dramatically* I may not be able to visit for months :(
Never been a fan of cabbage rolls but yours look fabu.
Kudzu: Oh, right, raisins! Yeah, no thanks. Our homegrown tomato sauce is so sweet and tangy all by itself, we didn't need much seasoning. The spicy sausage helps, yeah. Get a Staub pot! Makes food fun.
VGnome: No sauce. That sounds really good. Buttered and brown. OK, next time. Thanks!
Zoomie: Heh!
Mouse: I know you're getting 30 degrees. What is that in Fahrenheit? I am Celsius illiterate. You need pickles and salads and juices. Poor you.
Greg: Can't imagine why you'd change your mind now. Oh, I do have a theory, though: It would be because all the ingredients we used were very good.
Hmmm...I didn't think I was hungry. Then I saw this. Now I am most definitely hungry.
we got to 35, 95 in your language, fainting cats, sweaty mice, it was nasty!
Sweet Bird: Funny how such a dumb dish can get the salivaries pumping. I hope you'll satisfy your lust. The little cabbage circles were Da Bomb.
Mouse: Oh, nononono! That is way too hot. Sweating mice! (I trust Ping is all recovered.) I wish you a caress with cool fingers (I send you mine; you'll just have to fantasize).
Right, I've got my little pots, now come on cool weather!
Mouse: I'm delighted! I gather you got the cute little ones (in pimiento red, of course, you trollop). I'm awaiting your first use of the babies.
xx
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