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Cabbage roll casserole
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Cabbage roll casserole

All the flavour of Prairie cabbage rolls without the rolling: beef, rice and tomato baked under cabbage.

Time 65 min
EffortMedium
Per portion£2.03
Calories561 kcal

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Ingredients

4 servings
  • Beef mince500 g
  • White cabbage½ cabbage
  • Basmati rice200 g
  • Chopped tomatoes (tin)2 tins
  • Brown onions150 g
  • Garlic3 cloves
  • Vegetable stock cubes1 cube

Also uses from the cupboard: vegetable oil, table salt, ground black pepper, paprika. Missing any? You can add them to your shop on the shopping list.

Usually contains: Celery, Gluten.

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Nutrition per adult portion
561
calories
31g
protein
55g
carbs
22g
fat
6g
fibre

Estimated from typical ingredient values, counting a teaspoon of cooking oil for each portion. Children's portions are smaller.

Method

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  1. Heat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan). Chop the onion and crush the garlic. Fry them with the beef mince in a teaspoon of oil for 8 minutes, breaking it up, until browned.500 g beef mince150 g brown onions3 cloves garlic
  2. Stir in the rice, the chopped tomatoes, the crumbled stock cube, 400 ml of water and a teaspoon of paprika. Bring to a simmer.200 g basmati rice2 tins chopped tomatoes1 cube
  3. Roughly chop the cabbage. Spread half of it over the base of a large baking dish, spoon over the beef and rice mixture and top with the rest of the cabbage.½ cabbage
  4. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 45 minutes, until the rice and cabbage are tender. Rest for 5 minutes before serving.
The trick that makes it

Add a pinch of sugar to the tomatoes. It rounds out the sauce the way the traditional recipe does.

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