Kaalikääryleet

Description
Cabbage rolls for four - five persons

Ingredients

 * 1 large white cabbage
 * 1 l water
 * 1 tsp salt

Filling

 * 400 g of lean minced pork or beef
 * 1 onion
 * 1 dl cabbage cooking liquid
 * 2 dl chopped cabbage
 * 2 dl boiled rice
 * 1 tsp salt
 * ¼ tsp white pepper
 * 1 tsp marjoram

Topping

 * 1 – 2 tbsp syrup
 * butter or margarine
 * cabbage cooking water for basting

Gravy

 * 3 dl pan juice
 * 2 tbsp flour
 * a little cream

Directions

 * 1) Cut the stalk off the cabbage and cook the cabbage in salted water until the leaves are soft. You can carefully loosen the outer leaves as they soften.
 * 2) Lift the cooked cabbage onto a large plate to drain.
 * 3) Loosen the leaves one by one and chop the small inner leaves for the filling.
 * 4) Finely chop the Onion and fry in small amount of oil until translucent but not brown.
 * 5) Combine the meat, rice, chopped cabbage and seasonings into a smooth mixture. If the mixture is too thick, add some more of the cabbage cooking water.
 * 6) Flatten the cabbage leaves.
 * 7) Lift a good tablespoonful of filling onto the leaf and roll it up tucking the edges round the mixture.
 * 8) Place the rolls side by side in a baking dish, pour syrup and a little fat over them.
 * 9) Bake the rolls for 1 hour at 200 °C. Half way turn the rolls over and baste them every now and then with the cabbage water.
 * 10) Strain the pan juices and thicken with flour mixed with water. Add a little cream.
 * 11) Serve the cabbage rolls with boiled potatoes and lingonberry purée.