Cabbage Rolls

Thanks Adam for his Polish style cabbage rolls.

Ingredients

• 1 full Cabbage
• 500gm minced beef
• 2 cups rice
• 4 rashes bacon, diced
• 200gm mushrooms, diced
• 1 large onion, diced
• garlic cloves, diced
• 500gm potatoes, peeled & diced
• 100ml Cream
• Beef stock cubes
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. De-core cabbage, remove large out leaves and keep aside
2. Bring large pot of water boil and place cabbage in boiling water for about 2 minutes
3. Peel of 4 outer leaves, boil again and repeat until all leaves are removed
4. Boil rice
5. In a large frying pan combine and cook; bacon, mushroom, onion
6. Add garlic, beef cubes, rice, cream and cook for another 5 minutes
7. Remove from heat and stir through the cooked diced potatoes
8. Fill each cabbage leaf with at least 1 tablespoon of mixture and roll up
9. Place uncooked leaves in a large saucepan to cover base and place cabbage rolls onto these leaves with half a cup of water. Put a lid on and cook/steam for about 1/2 hour.
10. Remove pot from stove and let cool.
11. In a frying pan with olive oil, fry rolls for about 2 to 3 minutes each side until brown
12. Put in fridge, tastes best next day, reheat in oven or microwave, freeze in foil