Meatball Stuffed Cabbage

This Meatball Stuffed Cabbage is not your average meatball recipe. A fusion of salami, beef, and veal give it a unique Italian flavor, which is combined with spices and mashed potato for volume, then stuffed carefully into cabbage leaves, and immersed in a hearty Italian marinara sauce. The cabbage rolls freeze and reheat perfectly. They can and should be made in advance.

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Meatball Stuffed Cabbage

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

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Servings

4 Servings

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Ingredients

• 1 head of cabbage leaves separated and parboiled for 5 minutes
• 1 scallion
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 cup chopped cabbage
• 1/4 pound ground beef
• 1/4 pound ground veal
• 3 slices salami minced
• 1 potato cooked and mashed
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove whole
• 1 16-ounce can whole tomatoes, strained
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• In a large saucepan, cook scallions in oil, 2-3 minutes. 
• Add chopped cabbage. Cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add ground beef, ground veal, salami, mashed potato, egg, parsley, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Set aside.
• To make the sauce, heat olive oil in a large saucepan; add the garlic clove and cook until golden. Add the strained tomatoes, salt, and pepper, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Use the filling to stuff the leaves. Arrange the rolls seam-side down on the sauce, spooning some of the sauce on top. 
• Cook, on stovetop, for about 30 minutes, covered, on low heat (or in a preheated oven at 350° F)
• Recipe originally published in Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller Magazine Fall 2014
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