Stuffed Cabbage
- 3/4 mixed wild and basmati rice
- 1 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup apple cider, juice or hard cider
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 1 small head Savoy cabbage
- 2 1/2 cups vegetable bouillon
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Put the rice into a 2-quart pan, cover with water and bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to a bare simmer, cover, and cook for 50 minutes, adding more water if necessary until the wild rice is tender.
- Drain and let cool.
- Peel and finely chop the onion.
- Peel and crush the garlic.
- Put the apple cider into a small pan and gently sate the onion, garlic, and raisins in it until the onion is soft.
- Stir the mixture into the rice and mix thoroughly.
- Prepare a 4-quart pan of boiling water.
- Trim the stalk of the cabbage and pull off all the leaves that are large enough to stuff--there are likely to be 12- Drop the leaves into boiling water and leave for five minutes to soften.
- Drain and stuff each one with a spoonful of the rice mixture.
- Working on a flat surface, smooth out a leaf, put the stuffing in the center and fold up the sides, then roll up.
- You can trim away any thick stems that make rolling difficult.
- Pour a little bouillon into the bottom of a baking dish and arrange the cabbage rolls on top, making several layers if necessary.
- Pour the rest of the bouillon over the dish, cover with a lid or foil and bake for 30 minutes.
mixed, onion, garlic, apple cider, raisins, cabbage, vegetable bouillon
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/stuffed-cabbage (may not work)