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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Stuffed Cabbage:. | 2. Carefully remove outer cabbage leaves in one piece (reserve remaining cabbage for another use). | 3. Bring large amount of water to boil in large pot. | 4. Add cabbage leaves and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes; drain and let cool slightly. | 5. Trim heavy veins in center with paring knife, being careful not to cut leaves. | 6. Cut each leaf in half lengthwise; set aside. | 7. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium-low heat; add onion, cover and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. | 8. Increase heat to medium-high, add ground meat and brown, stirring with fork. | 9. Add garlic and cinnamon and stir through; season to taste with salt and pepper. | 10. Stir in 1 tablespoon tomato paste. add rice, 1/2 cup tomato sauce and beef stock. | 11. Increase heat to high and bring mixtuyre to boil. | 12. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until rice is partially cooked,about 5 to 7 minutes. | 13. Remove from heat and stir in pine nuts; let cool slightly. | 14. Grease roasting pan. | 15. Place 1 tablespoon meat mixture near one end of each cabbage leaf and roll up,tucking in sides, to make small packets. | 16. Arrange in 2 layers in pan, packing tightly. | 17. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | 18. Combine 1 cup tomato sauce with remaining 1 tablespoon tomato paste in small bowl. | 19. Pour over cabbage, adding more tomato sauce as necessary, to cover,. | 20. Dot with butter, cover pan, place over high heat and bring to boil. | 21. Transfer to oven and bake until tender, about 1 hour. | 22. Arrange lemon slices on top or pass Greek Lemon sauce separately. | 23. Greek Lemon sauce:. | 24. Beat eggs in bowl until thick and lemon colored. | 25. Gradually beat in lemon juice. | 26. Add hot broth 1 tablespoon at a time, beating constantly. | 27. Transfer to small saucepan, place over low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens; serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cabbage	2			-	-	-	-
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	2		chopped	120.0	28.02	3.3	0.3
beef	1	lb	ground ground	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
garlic clove	1			-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
rice	1/3	cup	uncooked	234.0	51.571000000000005	4.2965	0.377
tomato sauce	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
beef stock	1/2	cup		85.68	9.3366	3.1626	4.0446
pine nut	1/4	cup	toasted	227.1375	4.4145	4.6204	23.0749
butter	1	tablespoon	cut	85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
lemon				-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
lemon juice	2 1/2	tablespoons		8.3875	2.6306	0.1334	0.0915
hot chicken broth	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.