Pear stuffed cabbage rolls
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Chopped cabbage |
| ½ | cup | Finely chopped onion |
| ¾ | pounds | Pork sausage; cooked and crumbled |
| 1½ | cup | Peeled; cored, and diced |
| Northwest Anjou Pear | ||
| 1 | cup | Cooked brown rice or bulgar |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped parsley |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| 12 | Red cabbage leaves; blanched until | |
| Pliable | ||
| ¼ | cup | Chopped onion chopped |
| ¼ | cup | Celery chopped |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| 1½ | tablespoon | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Chicken broth |
| ¼ | cup | Red wine vinegar |
| ¼ | cup | Water |
| 1 | dash | Freshly ground pepper |
| 1 | dash | Ground cloves |
| ¼ | cup | Gingersnaps crumbled |
Directions
SAUERBRAUTEN SAUCE
Place chopped cabbage and onion in microwave-proof dish, cover with plastic wrap. Microwave at HIGH about 3 minutes; stir once. Drain well. Combine sausage, pears, bulgar or brown rice, chopped cabbage, onion, parsley, lemon juice, salt and cloves; mix well. Divide mixture about ⅓ cup per leaf among cabbage leaves; roll up and place seam-side down in microwave-proof baking dish. Cover with waxed paper; microwave at HIGH 6 to 8 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serve with Sauerbrauten Sauce.
Saurbrauten Sauce: Saute onion and celery in butter or margarine. Stir in sugar; simmer about 10 minutes or until vegetables are golden. Add chicken broth, red wine vinegar and water and pepper and cloves. Simmer 6 minutes; strain. Return to pan and stir in gingersnaps. Cook and stir until thickened. Makes about 1 cup.
Conventional Method
Pan-fry pork sausage until crumbled and slightly brown. Remove from skillet; drain excess drippings reserving about 1 tablespoon. Saute chopped cabbage and onion in reserved drippings until crisp-tender; combine with cooked sausage, pears, bulgar or brown rice, parsley, lemon juice, salt and cloves; mix well. Divide mixture among cabbage leaves; roll up and place seam-side down in 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish. Heat 1-½ cups chicken broth; pour over cabbage rolls. Cover with foil and bake at 350° F 40 to 50 minutes or until cabbage is fork tender. Remove cabbage rolls from baking dish and keep warm. Measure liquid to equal 1 cup. Use in place of chicken broth in Sauerbraten Sauce.
Always be sure to use ripe pears.
Per serving: 310 Calories (kcal); 27g Total Fat; (78% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 49mg Cholesterol; 819mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 4½ Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates
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