Wife Elisabetta's Aunt Adriana makes these stuffed Savoy cabbage leaves for Christmas Dinner. They go fast.
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
- A head of Savoy Cabbage
- A mixture of ground pork, turkey breast, and chicken breast (300 g, 3/4 pounds in all)
- An egg
- Salt & pepper to taste
- A little nutmeg
- A splash of soy sauce
- A handful of bread crumb, moistened in milk and squeezed dry (you'll need Tuscan-style bread)
- Some béchamel sauce (about a cup, I'd say)
- Some freshly grated Parmigiano
Preparation:
Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt it, blanch the cabbage leaves, and lay them out flat.
Preheat your oven to 180 C (360 F)
Combine all the remaining ingredients, including one tablespoon of the béchamel sauce, to make the filling, and season it to taste. Spread a couple of spoonfuls of the filling over the first leaf, roll it up, and put it in a baking dish. Continue with the next, and so on until you have used up all the leaves and all the filling. Sprinkle the remaining béchamel sauce and the Parmigiano over the cabbage involtini, bake them for 20 minutes or so, and they're ready. They'll go especially well with roasts that tend to come out dry, for example some kinds of poultry, and Uncle Guerrando says that a little tomato sauce added to the filling is a nice touch.
Yield: 6-8 servings stuffed cabbage leaves
Preheat your oven to 180 C (360 F)
Combine all the remaining ingredients, including one tablespoon of the béchamel sauce, to make the filling, and season it to taste. Spread a couple of spoonfuls of the filling over the first leaf, roll it up, and put it in a baking dish. Continue with the next, and so on until you have used up all the leaves and all the filling. Sprinkle the remaining béchamel sauce and the Parmigiano over the cabbage involtini, bake them for 20 minutes or so, and they're ready. They'll go especially well with roasts that tend to come out dry, for example some kinds of poultry, and Uncle Guerrando says that a little tomato sauce added to the filling is a nice touch.
Yield: 6-8 servings stuffed cabbage leaves
