Kaalikääryleet

(for four - five persons)

Ingredients

 * 1 large white cabbage
 * water, salt 1 tsp/1 l
 * 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
 * 1/4 tsp white pepper
 * 1 tsp marjoram
 * Topping:
 * 1-2 tblsp syrup
 * butter or margarine
 * cabbage cooking water for basting
 * Gravy:
 * 3 dl pan juice
 * 2 tblsp 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.