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 ==
# 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.
# Lift the cooked cabbage onto a large plate to drain.
# Loosen the leaves one by one and chop the small inner leaves for the filling.
# Finely chop the Onion and fry in small amount of oil until translucent but not brown.
# 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.
# Flatten the cabbage leaves.
# Lift a good tablespoonful of filling onto the leaf and roll it up tucking the edges round the mixture.
# Place the rolls side by side in a baking dish, pour syrup and a little fat over them.
# 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.
# Strain the pan juices and thicken with flour mixed with water. Add a little cream.
# Serve the cabbage rolls with boiled potatoes and lingonberry purée.
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