Corn bread-stuffed cabbage with mushroom-brandy sauce

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Simple Corn Bread
1 large Head of cabbage
2 mediums Onions, minced
3 mediums Garlic cloves,minced
2 tablespoons Butter
2 Celery stalks,minced
¼ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Celery seed
¼ teaspoon Ground ginger
½ teaspoon Sage
½ teaspoon Thyme
½ teaspoon Tarragon
½ teaspoon Basil
½ teaspoon Dill
¼ teaspoon Allspice
1 teaspoon Paprika
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
1 Mushroom-Brandy Sauce

Directions

Make the corn bread.

Core the cabbage, and place it in a kettleful of simmering water, core-end down. Cover and cook until the cabbage leaves pull off easily and are supple enough to roll without breaking. (You might have to experiment with one or two to determine when it is ready.) Then remove the head of cabbage, drain well in a colander, and set aside.

In a heavy skillet, cook onions and garlic in butter over medium heat for several minutes until the onions become translucent.

Add celery, salt and all seasonings except lemon juice. Cover and cook over medium-low heat, stirring intermittently for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the celery is very tender and everything is definitely well mingled.

Meanwhile, transfer the corn bread to a large bowl. Use your hands to crumble it completely.

Add the saute to the corn bread, scraping in every last bit.

Add the lemon juice, and mix thoroughly.

To assemble, break off the cabbage leaves one at a time. Place about 3 tablespoons of stuffing at the core end and roll toward the tip, tucking in the sides. Arrange the cabbage rolls in a 9x13-inch baking pan in rows, touching. This recipe will make about 16 rolls - enough to fit very snugly into the pan. Preheat oven to 350#161#F. Meanwhile, make the sauce.

Ladle half the sauce over the rolls. Cover the pan with foil and bake for about 40 minutes, or until the rolls are heated through and the sauce is bubbly.

Ladle a small amount of extra suace onto each serving. Serve hot.

The corn bread can be made as much as four or five days ahead. The stuffing an be assembled and the cabbage leaves cooked a day or two ahead. Leftovers reheat well, although the cabbage does get softer. If you are serving it as a leftover, consider making a small batch of fresh sauce to liven it up.

REG shared by Kelly T. McNamara, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Notes: The corn bread stuffing is abundantly seasoned with many different herbs and spices, mostly savory, but with a few touches of sweet. Then it gets wrapped in tender cabbage leaves, bathed in Mushroom-Brandy Sauce and baked.

Serving Ideas: Serve as part of a Vegetarian Thanksgiving menu.

Per serving (excluding unknown items): 80 Calories; 4g Fat (43% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 10mg Cholesterol; 344mg Sodium Recipe By: Still Life With Menu/Mollie Katzen Posted to EAT-L Digest 6 November 96 Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:09:26 -0500 From: "McNamara, Kelly" <kmcnamara@...>

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