home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Sweet & Sour Stuffed Cabbage
- Message-ID: <BBZX1HM@taronga.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 1994 02:10:26 GMT
-
-
- >From Dean Ornish's book, "Eat More, Weigh Less." This recipe is most
- excellent. Tastes better the next day.
-
- 1/2 cup dried procini mushroom (I used porcini, oyster & shiitake)
- 2 cups rice
- 1 very large or 2 medium green cabbages
- 1 large onion left whole, and 1 onion, chopped
- 2 egg whites
- salt and pepper (I omitted)
- 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
- 2 cups vegetable stock (I used the cabbage water)
- 1 pound mushrooms, chopped coarsely (about 6 cups)
- 3 cups canned pureed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup brown sugar (I used 2/3 cup)
- (I added 2 chopped serranos to the filling)
-
- Saok the porcini in 1 cup of hot water for 30 minutes. Drain and strain
- the porcini water through a cheesecloth-lined strainer. Reserve the liquid.
- Chop the porcini.
-
- Soak the rice in cold water for 15 minutes. Core the cabbage with a sharp
- knife. Bring a large kettle of salted water to a boil. Drop in the whole
- cabbage and cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Reove the cabbage with 2 large spoons
- and place it in a strainer. When cool enough to handle, remove the largest
- leaves. You will need about 16 to 18 large leaves.
-
- Drain the rice. Quarter the large onion and place it with the egg whites
- into the container of a food processor and puree. (I left the onion out of
- the stuffing, using only one onion, so I left out this step). Combine this
- onion puree with the rice, spices and soaked and chopped dried mushrooms.
-
- Bring 1 cup of stock and the strained reserved porcini liquids to a boil
- in a large saute pan. Add the chopped fresh mushrooms and cook, stirring
- over high heat until all the liquid is absorbed. Add the mushrooms to
- the rice mixture.
-
- Place 2 heaping tablespoons of filling on each cabbage leaf and roll up,
- tucking in the sides. Fasten with toothpicks. In a deep kettle, bring the
- tomatoes, lemon juice, brown sugar, chopped onion and 1 cup of stock up to
- a simmer. Add the cabbage rolls. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours
- until the rice is cooked (doesn't take anywhere near this long). Baste the
- cabbage occasionally. Adjust the sweet and sour ratio and season with
- salt and pepper.
-
-
- Serving size = 1 1/2 cups
- 240 calories
- 0.9 grams fat
- 0 milligrams cholesterol
- 498 milligrams sodium without added salt
-
-
-
-