Traditional Newfoundland Cabbage Rolls - Bonita's Kitchen

Welcome to Bonita's Kitchen! Today we will be making Cabbage Rolls, made with fresh local green cabbage and so much more.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
1 1/2 cups rice ( any type )
1 medium onion (chopped)
2 small cloves garlic (chopped) or 1 medium ( optional )
1/2 tsp pepper
Pinch sea salt
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 cup chopped salt beef ( optional )
1 large can crush tomato
1 can or bottle pasta sauce ( any type )
2 small carrots chopped ( optional )
1 medium or large green cabbage
1 cup water ( add to roaster if needed )

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 350°
Cooking time 1 1/2 hours.
Preparation time 1 hour.

Half fill a large boiler with cold water then place your full cabbage in boiler, cut off the large green leafs and place in the bottom of your boiler, add a pinch of sea salt, bring water to a boil. ( don't over cook your cabbage because you won't be able to roll them.)

Parboil cabbage until leafs are a little soft then cut each cabbage leaf off with a fork and knife and put on a plate to cool.

Tip From a viewer, March 14/18:
Bonita, an easier way to remove those leaves is to first remove most of the core BEFORE you place in the boiling water, and then when the boiled leaves are ready to remove use a large metal serving spoon (the rounded side) to slide up under the leaf from the cored end. Your leaves will lift off, and no boiling water will run onto your hands, nor will you accidentally tear the leaf with a fork or knife.

You can leave the cabbage in the boiler to continue cooking and remove leafs or remove the cabbage to cut each leaf.

Cut salt beef into small cubes cutting of any fat from beef, place in another small boiler and cook for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Then drain off water from beef, please beef in a place to add with all your ingredients.

In large bowl add ground beef, rice, chopped onion, garlic, grated carrots, salt and pepper, onion powder, 1/2 bottle or can of pasta sauce and 1/2 can crush tomato's, chopped pre-cooked salt beef , mix all ingredients together.

Start by taking one cabbage leaf and scooping about 1/4 cup of your beef and rice mixture into each leaf more if needed and roll it away from yourself, until all cabbage, beef and rice mixture is used.

In large roaster add a small amount of you pasta sauce and crush tomatoes in the bottom then layer each cabbage roll one way then the second layer the opposite way until their all layered, top with the remaining crush tomatoes or pasta sauce and a cup of cold water, unless you have enough liquid in the roaster, top with pinch salt and pepper.

Cover roaster with a lid or foil wrap, place in your pre-heated oven for about 1 1/2 hours, check the cabbage rolls half way through to make sure no liquid is dripping out or gone dry, then when cooked remove from the oven.

Start plating cabbage rolls and top with sauce from your roaster , you can serve your cabbage rolls on its own or with perogies and garlic sausage.
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