Sweet And Sour Cabbage Rolls With Sauerkraut Recipes

Steps:

• Finely chop 1 or 2 onion slices to make about 2 tablespoons.
• In a saucepan, cook the chopped onion in 1 tbsp oil, stirring, until translucent and limp. (Reserve the remaining onion slices.)
• Mix in the rice, stock, raisins, seeds, cinnamon, half of the salt and half of the pepper.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, lower the heat, cover and cook until the rice is tender, about 45 minutes.
• While the rice mixture is cooking, remove the core from the cabbage and discard.
• Place the cabbage in a large steamer or a deep soup pot and steam until the outer leaves become limp enough to remove one by one. (You'll need at least 18 leaves, and more if possible.) Lay out the leaves on a clean dishcloth to cool.
• Using a knife, remove the thick lower portion of the veins.
• Finely shred the remaining cabbage and reserve.
• Drain the sauerkraut, cover with fresh cold water, drain again and reserve.
• In a casserole dish, cook the reserved onion slices in remaining tbsp of oil, stirring,until limp, about 3 minutes.
• Add the shredded cabbage, sauerkraut, chopped tomatoes and their juices, tomato paste with water and remaining salt and pepper.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the honey or date sugar and simmer a few minutes to blend.
• Taste and add more honey or date sugar if needed to balance the sour.
• Remove from heat.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Fluff the rice mixture to distribute the raisins, sunflower seeds and spices.
• Place 2 tbls.
• of the filling on the lower third of a cabbage leaf.
• Fold up the lower part of the leaf, then fold over both sides, and roll up.
• Repeat with the remaining filling and cabbage leaves.
• Place the rolls seam side down into the casserrole dish, pushing them into the sauce.
• Cover and bake 25 minutes.
• Spoon the sauce over the rolls and bake 20 minutes more.
• If desired, continue baking, uncovered, to brown the top.
• Serve hot.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Make the filling: Put 1 pound each of beef and pork together through the fine blade of a food chopper twice. In a bowl, combine the meat with 1 cup cooked rice, 1 egg lightly beaten, 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves, both minced, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove 12 large outer leaves from a head of cabbage, reserving the remaining cabbage for another use. Dip the leaves briefly in boiling water to soften and spread them out flat on a work surface. Top each leaf with some of the filling and fold the leaves over the filling, tucking in the ends to make neat rolls. Put 2 pounds sauerkraut in a large kettle with light beer or white wine to cover and heat it gently. In a sauce pan melt 3 tablespoons lard, bacon fat or ham fat, blend in 3 tablespoons flour and cook the roux for 1 to 2 minutes. Blend it into the sauerkraut and bring the liquid to a boil, stirring constantly. Arrange the cabbage rolls on top of the sauerkraut and cook them, covered, in a moderate oven (350?F.) for 2 to 3 hours or until the filling is done. Serve the stuffed cabbage and sauerkraut topped with sour cream.;

Steps:

• Combine pork, rice, onions, pepper, garlic powder, salt and paprika in large bowl.
• Steam heads of cabbage until leaves remove easily (about 5 minutes each in microwave along with 1/2 cup water, covered with plastic wrap works well) Take handfuls of meat mixture and roll up in cabbage leaves.
• Place rolls in roasting pan.
• After covering the bottom of the pan, top with half of the sauerkraut and half of the tomatoes.
• Repeat with second layer.
• Pour tomato juice over top.
• Cover and bake 2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees.

Steps:

• Place raisins in a small bowl; cover with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain and set aside., Fill a Dutch oven three-quarters full of water; bring to a boil. Add cabbage; cook for 2-3 minutes or just until leaves fall off head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls; chop remaining cabbage and set aside. Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each reserved leaf, making a V-shaped cut., Slice two onions and set aside; chop the remaining onion. In a large bowl, combine the chopped onion, egg, rice, carrots, salt, pepper and reserved raisins. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. , Place 1/4 cup meat mixture on each cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides. Beginning from the cut end, roll up completely to enclose filling., Place sliced onions and reserved chopped cabbage in a 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange cabbage rolls, seam side down, on top. Combine the tomato sauce, brown sugar and lemon juice; pour over rolls. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until cabbage is tender and a thermometer reads 160°. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until sauce reaches desired consistency.

Steps:

• Bring 4 quarts of water and 1 tablespoon of salt to boil in large dutch oven over high heat. Add cored cabbage and cook until outer leaves just begin to wilt, about 3 minutes. Use tongs to gently remove leaves (outer 20) one by one and transfer to a colander to cool. Remove any remaining head of cabbage and let cool. Do not discard water.
• Return water to boil over high heat. Add rice and cook until tender, about 13 minutes. Drain the rice through a strainer, rinse it to cool, and let drain thoroughly. In a medium bowl, combine cooked rice, onion, beef, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.
• Trim tough ribs from cabbage leaves and tightly roll 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture into each leaf. Shred the remaining blanched cabbage both the head and any remaining leaves.
• Scatter half the shredded cabbage leaves in a large dutch oven. Arrange rolls seam side down snugly on top of the shredded cabbage. Sprinkle any remaining shredded cabbage on top of rolls.
• Combine diced tomatoes w/ juice, tomato puree, water (I use water left over from rice) 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pour liquid over cabbage. Stud peeled onion with cloves and submerge in liquid. Bring mixture to boil, then reduce to simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Discard clove studded onion. Sprinkle crushed cookies and raisins (if using) into the pot and shake to incorporate them without disturbing rolls. Simmer uncovered until sauce begins to thicken, about 1 hour.
• If you desire more liquid, add 1 cup of beef broth.
• Transfer rolls to serving dish and add remaining 3 tablespoons of brown sugar to sauce and season with salt pepper to taste. Spoon sauce over rolls and top with sour cream and chopped parsley if desired.

Steps:

• Core the cabbages and place into large pot; pour boiling water over the cabbage and let stand until the leaves start to get soft enough to bend and can be easily pulled from th heads (5 minutes or so); you may need to pull off some of the outer leaves, then return the cabbage head to the pot to soften the middle ones; drain leaves well in a colander.
• This leaf peeling process takes some time, but you want to get enough intact leaves to make 28 cabbage rolls.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine meat with seasonings, ketchup, eggs, and crushed crackers, mixing by hand just until combined- don't overwork.
• Using a 1/4 cup measure, scoop up a scant 1/4 cupful of the meat mixture, then use hands to form the meat into an oblong shape- about 3" long; make 28 oblong meat shapes.
• Place a meat shape onto one of the cabbage leaves, folding the top of the leaf over the meat snugly, then folding in one side, then rolling forward a bit, then the other side, and rolling all the way up.
• Repeat until you have 28 filled cabbage leaves.
• Place chopped onion into the bottom of a very large roasting pan (12"x11" size).
• Place cabbage rolls neatly on top of the onions in rows.
• Combine chili sauce and jelly with 1/4 cup water in a small pan over medium heat, stirring until jelly melts.
• Pour over cabbage rolls.
• Cover pan tightly with foil and bake for 2 hours.
• Remove foil, baste rolls with sauce, and then return to the oven uncovered for 40 minutes more- or until sauce has thickened and rolls are glazed.
• Ladle sauce over rolls to serve.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. Saute onion in the drippings until tender. , Stir in sauerkraut, tomatoes, brown sugar and bacon. Bring to a boil. Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.