Pork Stuffed Cabbage Rolls on a Cherry Tomato and Garlic Sauce

Name: Pork Stuffed Cabbage Rolls on a Cherry Tomato and Garlic Sauce
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: (serves 4); 12 cabbage outer leaves peeled off, I used savoy cabbage; 500g lean pork mince; 1 egg; 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp smoked sweet paprika; 1 tsp dried oregano; ½ tsp onion powder; ½ tsp garlic granules; 1 sprig rosemary, leaves only finely chopped; 1 tsp sea salt; 2 tbsp olive oil; For the Sauce; 16 cherry tomatoes, halved; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 1 shallot, peeled and finely diced; ½ tsp sweet smoked paprika; 1 tbsp tomato puree; 250ml vegetable stock; 2 anchovy fillets, chopped finely; ½ tsp red pepper flakes; ½ tsp black pepper; Salt if needed, I didn’t need any in mine due to the stock and anchovies; Click to print (Opens in new window)

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Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:00:15 GMT

Ingredients

0 servings

12cabbage

outer leaves peeled off, I used savoy cabbage

500glean pork mince

1egg

1 cuppanko breadcrumbs

1 tspground cumin

1 tspsmoked sweet paprika

1 tspdried oregano

½ tsponion powder

½ tspgarlic granules

1 sprigrosemary

leaves only finely chopped

1 tspsea salt

2 Tbspolive oil

16cherry tomatoes

halved

3garlic cloves

peeled and finely chopped

1shallot

peeled and finely diced

½ tspsweet smoked paprika

1 Tbsptomato puree

250mlvegetable stock

2anchovy fillets

chopped finely

½ tspred pepper flakes

½ tspblack pepper

Salt

if needed, I didn’t need any in mine due to the stock and anchovies

Instructions

Step 1

Make the cabbage filling by adding all of the apart from the cabbage leaves into a bowl and give it a really good mix with your hands to combine. Set aside.

Step 2

Boil some water in a saucepan. Add the cabbage leaves 2-3 at a time. Blanche for 1 min then drain them on a tea towel or some kitchen roll. Dry them off then set aside and repeat with the other leaves.

Step 3

Place the first leaf flat in front of you, inner side upwards. Cut the thick part of the stem out, it will leave you with a triangle gap (see picture). Add about 3 tbsp of the filling about 1cm from the edge of the triangle and shape into a sausage shape. Roll up the leaf and fold the edges underneath. Repeat with rest of the filling and leaves. Set aside.

Step 4

Preheat oven to a 180 degrees fan

Step 5

In an oven proof lidded frying pan or casserole dish, heat the olive oil. Add the shallots and cook for 2 minutes or until they are translucent. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute.

Step 6

Add the paprika give it a quick stir. Stir in the tomato puree and cook for about 30 seconds.

Step 7

Pour in the stock and tomatoes, bring to the boil, add the anchovies and chili flakes then reduce heat to a medium simmer. Simmer for around 5 minutes or until the tomatoes are soft. Crush the tomatoes with a fork or wooden spoon so they release all their juices.

Step 8

Nestle the filled rolls into the pan with the tomato sauce in it. Add the lid and cook in the oven for 30 minutes or until bubbling. Enjoy 😊