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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Blanch cabbage leaves in a large pot of boiling salted water 7 minutes, or until softened. Drain, pat dry, and set aside. | 2. Preheat oven to 350*F.Coat 8" square baking dish with cooking spray. | 3. Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium high heat. Add leeks and broth. Season with salt, if you like. Place lemon slices on top and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce heat to medium low and cook 25 minutes. Drain in colander, remove lemon, pat leeks dry and set aside. | 4. Heat remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, and cook 1 minute. Add tomatoes and cook 10 minutes, or until most of liquid has evaporated. Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper, if desired. | 5. Place 3-4 cabbage leaves on bottom of prepared baking dish. Spread 1/4 cup of tomato sauce over leaves, top with 1/3 of leeks, dot with 1/3 ricotta(or cottage cheese), then sprinkle with toasted pine nuts. Repeat layering 2 more times, seasoning with salt and pepper between layers, if desired, and top with fourth layer of cabbage and sauce. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until it begins to brown on top. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cabbage leaf	12			-	-	-	-
cooking spray				-	-	-	-
olive oil	3	teaspoons	divided	119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
leek	3		halved cut	-	-	-	-
vegetable broth	1/4 - 1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon	3	slices		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
tomato	1	can	chopped	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
parsley	3	tablespoons	chopped	4.104	0.7216	0.3386	0.0901
cottage cheese	8	ounces	drained low fat	221.48	7.6388	25.1312	9.718
pine nut	3	tablespoons	toasted	170.3531	3.3109	3.4653	17.3062

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