Any housewife will definitely have her own favorite recipe for stuffed cabbage, there are various recipes for every taste. The egg is not quite a common ingredient in cabbage rolls, but it gives them a very interesting taste that will not go unnoticed.
Ingredients
- 1 kg of minced pork and beef,
- 1 glass of rice
- A large head of cabbage with even leaves,
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots,
- Salt, spices to taste,
- 2 eggs,
- Vegetable oil,
- Flour,
- Tomato paste or fresh tomatoes.
Preparation
Preparing the cabbage:
- It is necessary to prepare a spacious container and collect water so that, having dipped a head of cabbage, it is completely in the water.
- Boil water, add salt and dip the cabbage. You do not need to lower the cabbage completely, but first carefully remove the required number of sheets.
- Boil the cabbage for no more than three minutes and carefully remove the medium veins from the sheets. It is better not to drain all the water after cooking, it will still come in handy.
Preparation of minced meat:
- Minced meat should be mixed with slightly undercooked rice, add spices and salt. Cut two boiled eggs into small pieces and send them there.
- You can add a little fried onions, carrots, finely chopped garlic or fresh tomatoes to the minced meat, everything tastes here.
Rolling and frying stuffed cabbage:
- Put the minced meat (in the form of a sausage) on the edge of the cabbage leaf and wrap it, you can turn it inside the edge of the leaf so that the minced meat is completely inside the cabbage.
- Then dip the cabbage rolls in flour and lightly fry in well-heated oil, so that a light golden crust appears on the cabbage, this will give them aroma.
Gravy and stewing stuffed cabbage:
- Put chopped onions and grated carrots into a pan in a small amount of oil, simmer until the onions turn pink, add three or four tablespoons of tomato paste, salt the gravy and add water, you can use cabbage broth.
- Put out for a short time over low heat.
- Now you need to prepare a deep frying pan with thick sides and bottom, put a few sheets of fresh cabbage on the bottom of the dish and put cabbage rolls on top of them, pour the gravy so that it is two fingers higher.
- Cover and leave the cabbage rolls to simmer over very low heat until tender.
That's all. All ingredients can be varied to taste, add something, and refuse something, but eggs are a must in this recipe. It is worth trying once, and perhaps this particular version of cooking cabbage rolls will become your favorite recipe for the dish.
