What are they stuffed with? Very pretty.
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Similar to the Greek Lahanodolmades, the Northern Romanians stuff their cabbage with:
Ground pork or ground Lamb or a combo
Onion
Long grain rice
finely chopped garlic
fresh parsley
fresh dill
ground cumin
salt
freshly ground black pepper
fresh mint herb
Evoo from Greece Works best
finely diced or chopped onion or leek or shallot
Thank you and have a lovely weekend.
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Forgot about something I used to make from time to time - kind of a deconstructed cabbage roll type thing. Sliced cabbage and put in a 9x13 casserole, layered with typical stuffed cabbage filling (I usually put a Greek spin on it - cinnamon, Greek oregano) Parmesan and mizithra cheeses, ending with a layer of cabbage. Cover and bake until bubbly and cabbage is done. Really good & equally easy.
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Is the cabbage raw? Sounds great.
Yes, thatâs the great ease of the recipe. It needs to be sliced as you would for a thick slaw, for it to cook well enough. Usually provides nice leftovers too.
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Oooh would be really good with an avgolemeno sauce too, although I havenât made one to go with that particular dish.
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I have prepared stuffed cabbage the Greek way and they serve it floating in a large bowl of Avoglemono.
Also an exquisite dish.
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Oh delicious - Iâm envious and will have to whip some up one day this winter. Iâve had large dolmades, made with romaine leaves on the Pelopennesian Peninsula that were very good. The wonderful cook used lettuce because all the local grape vines had been sprayed with DDT. I saw sacks of it in the village stores. This was back in the 90âs, so donât know if theyâre still using it.
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I believe it was outlawed by the E.U.
We are becoming much more ecological here than we were 20 years ago âŚ
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Well thatâs reassuring to hear @Barca, and was pretty sure that was probably the case now. Thanks for confirming, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Anyone have some Inspired Recipes for red cabbage?
I donât have any specific to red cabbage but I wanted to be able to find this one for cabbage pad thai. It might look strange but I donât see why you couldnât use red cabbage.
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I make this regularly after someone posted it here a few years ago. We like it better than using the noodles.
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We really enjoy this concoction when we have a craving for spiced cabbage.
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That looks really interesting @Rooster. But with hoisin + oyster sauce + sugar + caramelized cabbage it seems like it would be very sweet. Is it? Do you tweak it at all or do you like it as written?
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Yes, we have tweaked the sugar level to our taste preference and upped the rice vinegar.
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For Asia food, most of the time, I reduce the sugar in the recipes as I donât like sweet savoury as a whole.
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Snatched from another food blog, Cabbage Noodles. Possibly healthful, but definitely delicious, Cabbage ribbons braised in butter augmented by cooked similarly sized egg noodles. Add a, er, rather large lump of butter. Forget the rest of dinner.
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Add caraway seeds and Iâm there!
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