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 Stuffed cabbage … Basically, meatballs into a cabbage leaf! I love meatballs, don’t you ? Such a versatile dish; My recipe will always vary according to the vegetables and herbs I’ve got in my fridge : with pepper and sprouts, I will make Asian style meatballs, with zucchinis and tomatoes, I will make Italian style meatballs and so on.

I always add grated carrots, chopped onions and mushrooms to my meatballs since either or several of them are a basis in many of my recipes and so are tomatoes, so I try to never run out of any of them.

Of course, there is a wide range of vegetables that you could use instead of cabbage, like peppers, tomatoes, zucchinis, etc. 

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Ingredients :

  • 500 g minced meat, 2/3 veal 1/3 pork (or according to your tastes)
  • 1 chicken breast
  • 1 cabbage
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 4 grated carrots (mine were small…)
  • 4 large Paris mushrooms, thinly chopped
  • 1 beaten egg
  • Salt pepper paprika
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 20 cl / 1 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 cube of stock, crumbled
  • A few chopped basil leaves

Recipe :

  • Mince and then dice the chicken breast
  • In a bowl : combine chicken, minced meat, chopped onion, grated carrots, chopped mushrooms, egg, cornstarch, basil; salt, pepper, paprika according to your tastes
  • Remove the stem of cabbage leaves, blanch quickly
  • Fill each cabbage leaf with a dollop of minced meat
  • Cover the bottom of a pan with tomato sauce
  • Arrange the stuffed cabbage leaves
  • Mince the core of cabbage and sprinkle in the pan
  • Melt the stock into 1 glass of hot water and pour in the pan
  • Put a lid on pan and simmer for about an hour, turn the stuffed cabbage halfway
  • Do not let dry and add as many glasses of water as needed, check if additional salt and pepper is needed

Enjoy !