Greek Cabbage Rolls with Avgolemono Sauce


Description

If you running out of dinner ideas, don't look further. Tasty cabbage rolls will please anyone.

Ingredients

1 large Savoy cabbage (steam cabbage just long enough so that you can separate the leaves)
Chicken broth
Head of garlic

For the stuffing:
1 onion chopped
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 tbsp butter or olive oil
1 pound ground pork
2 cloves minced garlic
1/2 cup chopped fresh dill
Zest from one lemon
3/4 cup to 1 cup of rice, cooked until almost tender.

Avgolemono sauce:
Rather than make the traditional Avgolemono sauce enriched with eggs, I make a sauce using:
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
3 cups of chicken broth
Salt and pepper
Juice of one lemon
Lemon zest, optional

Directions

Prepare filling:
1. Sauté onion in oil or butter until tender. Add minced garlic and cook for 30 sec.

2. Mix together the pork, rice, cooked onions, parsley, dill , lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.

3. Form the cabbage rolls and place in a deep oven proof casserole. Add enough chicken broth to almost cover. Add a number of peeled and cracked garlic cloves and a few sprigs of dill. Top with any leftover cabbage leaves. Cover and bake for about 2 hs in a low oven (325°F).

Avgolemono sauce:
Make a roux using the butter and flour. Add the chicken broth and when the sauce is cooked add the juice of one lemon and the zest if using. Season with salt and pepper and serve over the cabbage rolls.

TIPS:
Cabbage Rolls can be prepared earlier in the day and then reheat in the Avgolemono sauce.

Enjoy!

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