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Vegetarian Rice And Herb Suffed Cabbage Recipe


Vegetarian  Rice And Herb Suffed Cabbage Recipe
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This is a wonderful dish filled with brown rice, herbs, mushrooms, garlic , spices and garden vegetables . It's a great change from the typical meat filling. It takes a bit of time but worth it for such a tasty dish. Flavors improve with age. frre... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 very large head of green cabbage( I used savoy )
  • Filling:
  • 2 cups raw brown rice
  • 5 cups vegetable broth or as needed to cook rice
  • 1 cup roasted eggplant
  • 1 cup sauteed portobello mushrooms
  • 1 cup raw shredded zucchini, squeezed dry
  • 1 large plum tomato diced
  • 1 Tbs dill weed chopped
  • 1 Tbs fresh oregano chopped
  • 1 Tbs basil chopped
  • 2 large garlic cloves minced
  • salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • garlic and onion powder to taste
  • paprika to taste, esp smoked paprika
  • Sauce:
  • 2 small cans tomato paste
  • 2 tomato paste cans water
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 Tbs olive oil
  • 1 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 Tbs red wine ( optional )
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Italian seasoning to taste
  • Optional: shredded mozarella cheese
  • Optinal: prunes or raisins

Directions
  1. Prepare cabbage, discard tough outer leaves.
  2. Carefully remove ( plus cutting off the core and discard ) leaves
  3. lage enough to stuff.
  4. Save smaller leaves for the sauce
  5. Place large leaves in a large pot, covered with water, bring to a boil.
  6. Turn off heat and leave 5 minutes.
  7. Drain well.
  8. With a scissors cut out a v shaped area from the tough stems of each leaf.
  9. Set aside smaller cooked leaves for sauce
  10. Prepare filling: Cook rice until almost tender.
  11. Drain very well, and place in a large bowl.
  12. Add the eggplant, mushrooms, zuchinni,and spices to taste.
  13. Grated cheese is an option to add if desired.
  14. Stuff each leaf and carefully : flip top and bottom over filling and roll to seal.
  15. Place seam side down in a pan.
  16. Fill pan with stuffed cabbage and cover with sauce
  17. For sauce: combine all ingredients and stir well until blended and thick, add finely chopped cooked cabbage .
  18. Spread sauce over cabbage.
  19. Cover with foil and bake 350F 30 to 45 minutes or until well heated.
  20. Serve with some shredded cheese over top if desired.
  21. Notes;
  22. Filling makes more than needed and we love to eat filling as is as a rice side dish
  23. 1 extra large cabbage will have 12 to 15 leaves for stuffi,
  24. Dish freezes well
  25. Sometimes I also tuck prunes or raisins along with the sauce for a real old world flavor.

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Great recipe what wonderful flavors thanks


Simply wonderful recipe.

Thank you for sharing! *5*

Tilgidh


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