[Quick Facts]
Main Ingredients: Cabbage, minced beef, potato starch, nutmeg
Time Required: 1 hour 45 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

  • 16 medium cabbage leaves
  • boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon salt per liter water
  • 500 g (1 pound) ground beef
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 teaspoon potato starch
  • 3-4 dl (1 1/2 cups) full fat milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 5 dl (2 cups) boiling, lightly-salted water

    • Instructions:

    (1) Parboil the cabbage in lightly-salted boiling water until soft, about 2 minutes. Drain well. Cut out the thick stem part.

    (2) Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C (325 degrees F).

    (3) Mix the ground beef with salt and potato starch. Gradually add milk and season with spices.

    (4) Place a spoonful of the meat mixture onto each cabbage leaf. Wrap the leaf around the meat to form a small package.

    (5) Place the cabbage rolls, seam side down, in a greased ovenproof dish. Pour over the water and place the dish in a water bath. Back about 30 minutes.

    (6) Serve with brown gravy, boiled potatoes and cooked carrots.

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