Stuffed Cabbage with Rice and Pine Nuts Avgolem
- 2 medium cabbage
- 3 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 medium onions chopped fine
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup long grain rice raw
- 1/4 cup raisins, seedless or currants
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 1/4 cup parsley leaves chopped, fresh
- 1/4 cup dill weed chopped, fresh
- 1 x salt and black pepper
- 3 large eggs
- 1 each lemon juice only
- 2 tablespoons butter cut into bits
- Plunge cabbages into boiling salted water and cook about 8 minutes, then drain thoroughly and set aside while you prepare the filling.
- In a heavy skillet heat the clarified butter, add the chopped onions and cook until soft and transparent.
- Add the water and bring to a boil, then add the rice and stir.
- Lower the heat and simmer gently until the rice has absorbed the liquid, approximately 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the raisins or currants, pine nuts, parsley, dill and season with salt and pepper.
- Cool.
- Separate 2 of the eggs and mix the egg whites into filling.
- Reserve the yolks for the avgolemono.
- Stuff and roll the cabbage leaves, using one heaping tablespoon filling, roll up snugly, then place, seam side down, in a casserole.
- Dot with butter and add water to cover, then cover cabbage rolls with an inverted plate and cover casserole.
- Simmer for approximately 1 hour, then transfer to a warm serving dish and keep warm.
- Strain the remaining liquid for the avgolemono sauce.
- Beat the remaining eggs and yolks for 2 minutes.
- Continuing to beat, gradually add the lemon juice.
- Then add the 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid by droplets, beating steadily, until all has been added.
- Cook over hot water, not boiling, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens enough to coat a spoon.
- Pour over the cabbage rolls and serve hot.
cabbage, ghee, onions, water, long grain rice, raisins, pine nuts, parsley, dill, salt, eggs, lemon juice only, butter
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/stuffed-cabbage-rice-pine-nuts--45486 (may not work)