Showing posts with label Cabbage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cabbage. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls

The grocery store had heads of Savoy cabbage on for $1 each, so we picked up this gorgeous green wrinkled cabbage.  I decided that I wanted to make some cabbage rolls with it, so I searched the internet and found a bunch of different recipes and then decided to make it up as I go along and see how it turns out.

Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls
1 1/2 lbs Lean Ground Beef
2 Eggs
2 Carrots
1 medium Onion
1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 cup chunked Zucchini (about 3 inches of a medium zucchini)
2 cups cooked Brown Rice
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 1/2 cups Crushed Tomatoes
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1 1/2 tbsp Lemon Juice
Zest of one lemon
2 tsp Bragg's

~In a food processor, finely process, carrots, onions and zucchini.  If you do each individually you'll have more control of the size.
~In a bowl combine beef, eggs, finely minced carrots, zucchini and onion, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes, worcestershire sauce and brown rice.  Using you hands combine gently.
~In a pot of boiling water, cook the cabbage leaves for 3 minutes or until tender enough to roll.
~Lay out the leaves and put a spoonful or 2 about 1/4 to 1/2 a cup depending on the size of the leaves.
~Place rolled cabbage rolls in the slower cooker.
~Mix up 1 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes with the remaining ingredients and pour over cabbage rolls.  If you have 2 layers of rolls then add some sauce on the first layer before adding the second layer and then top the second layer with the remaining sauce.
~Cook on low for 7-9 hours.

I neglected to get any pictures since the hungry hoard of gamers devoured most of it.  I did make some dessert for the gamers but since they tasted them and thought they would come down with diabetes if they ate too much, I don't think I will pass that recipe along.  I remember them from my university days but I don't remember them being quiet so sweet.  I might try them with the natural peanut butter rather then Kraft peanut (sugar) butter.