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Lamb and Feta Cabbage Rolls

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Nutritious cabbage is stuffed with ground lamb, feta cheese and short grain rice and covered with an anise-spiked tomato sauce that begs to be sopped up.

Ingredients

  • 1 head (Large Size) Green Cabbage, Washed
  • 1 pound Ground Lamb
  • 1  Large Yellow Onion, Finely Chopped
  • 1  Large Egg
  • 1 cup Crumbled Feta
  • ½ cups Bomba Rice Or Short-grain Rice
  • ¼ cups Chopped Fresh Parsley
  • 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
  • ½ teaspoons Fennel Seeds, Crushed
  • 2-½ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper
  • ¼ cups Olive Oil
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 cube Chicken Bouillon
  • 1 can (15 Oz. Size) Crushed, Or Diced Tomatoes
  • ⅓ cups Anise Liqueur

Preparation

Core the fresh cabbage. I have found no easy way to do this. I stab around the core of the cabbage at about a 40º degree angle until I can pry the core out of it. Remove a couple of the outer leaves.

Fill a pot with enough water to submerge the cabbage and bring to a boil over high heat. Boil the cabbage until the outer leaves are bright green and can be pulled off fairly easily, about 5 minutes. As they are ready, pull off the leaves with tongs, being careful not to tear them and lay them on a kitchen towel. Continue boiling the cabbage and removing its leaves. When all the leaves are collected, which usually takes about 20 minutes, let them cool until easily handled.

In a large bowl, combine the lamb, onion, egg, feta, rice, parsley, oregano, lemon juice, cumin, fennel, salt and pepper.

With kitchen scissors, remove the hard ribs from the cabbage leaves. Cut the larger leaves in half lengthwise.

Pour the olive oil into a Dutch oven.

Place a leaf lengthwise in front of you and put about 1-1/2 tablespoons of the lamb mixture on the end closest to you. Fold the long sides in toward the lamb, and then roll away from you to enclose the meat. Place each roll in the pot seam side down. Try to make a single layer, but if necessary make a second layer. I had about six to go on a second layer.

Heat the water to a boil in a small saucepan and dissolve the chicken bouillon cube in it.

Combine the tomatoes, bouillon broth, and anise in a medium bowl and pour the mixture over the rolls. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce to a gentle simmer, cover, and cook for about 75 minutes.

Recipe adapted from Fine Cooking magazine.

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San Pasqual's Kitchen on 11.17.2014

There is no need to brown the ground lamb. It cooks during the braising process.

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mollyp on 11.14.2014

These sound delicious! Do you brown the meat before you mix with other ingredients, or will it cook through after it’s been rolled?

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