Best 7 Cabbage Roulade With Sauerkraut Recipes

STUFFED CABBAGE WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Make the filling: Put 1 pound each of beef and pork together through the fine blade of a food chopper twice. In a bowl, combine the meat with 1 cup cooked rice, 1 egg lightly beaten, 1 onion and 2 garlic cloves, both minced, and salt and pepper to taste. Remove 12 large outer leaves from a head of cabbage, reserving the remaining cabbage for another use. Dip the leaves briefly in boiling water to soften and spread them out flat on a work surface. Top each leaf with some of the filling and fold the leaves over the filling, tucking in the ends to make neat rolls. Put 2 pounds sauerkraut in a large kettle with light beer or white wine to cover and heat it gently. In a sauce pan melt 3 tablespoons lard, bacon fat or ham fat, blend in 3 tablespoons flour and cook the roux for 1 to 2 minutes. Blend it into the sauerkraut and bring the liquid to a boil, stirring constantly. Arrange the cabbage rolls on top of the sauerkraut and cook them, covered, in a moderate oven (350?F.) for 2 to 3 hours or until the filling is done. Serve the stuffed cabbage and sauerkraut topped with sour cream.;

BRAISED CABBAGE AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees
• Melt butter in a heavy casserole. Add mushrooms and saute over high heat until mushrooms begin to brown.
• Lower heat to medium, stir in onion and garlic and saute until they are tender. Add cabbage, sauerkraut, chicken broth and wine. Mix to distribute the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add bay leaf, cover and place in preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours until virtually all liquid in pan has been absorbed. Remove bay leaf. Check seasonings.
• Serve directly from the casserole or transfer to a serving dish. Sour cream sprinkled with poppy seeds should be served alongside.

CABBAGE ROULADE WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Peel off the outer leaves of the head of a cabbage.
• Take 12 leaves and cut out the hard center.
• Blanch the cabbage leaves in salt water for a few minutes till they are soft and pliable.
• Taste the sauerkraut. If it is sour, rinse and drain it.
• Heat butter in a pot.
• Add onion and allow it to sweat for a few minutes.
• Add the sauerkraut and lightly mix.
• Stir in water or vegetable stock, bay leaves, peppercorns and juniper berries.
• Simmer for 15 minutes and then fold in the carrot batons.
• Remove from heat and drain, reserving the drained liquid.
• Place the blanched cabbage leaves on a tray or a clean table.
• Place some of the half cooked, drained sauerkraut on them and roll.
• Brush a baking dish or cooking pot with a little butter.
• Place the cabbage rolls in it and top with the sauerkraut juice.
• Cover the pot.
• Braise in the oven at 180-200C for 30 minutes.
• Serve with tomato coulis, garlic beans and fried potato wedges.
• To prepare the tomato coulis, saute the chopped onions and garlic on olive oil.
• Fold in the tomatoes, salt, pepper and water or vegetable stock. Bring to a boil.
• Boil the sauce for 5 minutes.
• Allow it to blend till it thickens.
• Pour this sauce over the cabbage rolls and serve.
• To prepare the beans, clean them and then blanch in salt water for a few minutes.
• Add a little thyme and butter to the water just for good taste.
• After blanching, remove the beans and drop them in ice water to retain the colour.
• Saute 10 gms. garlic in butter alongwith a little finely chopped onion.
• Add beans and season with salt and pepper.
• For the potato wedges, wash the potatoes and cut into wedges.
• Blanch them for a few minutes in salt water.
• Fry in oil and drain on clean kitchen paper towels.
• Season to taste with fresh herbs, salt and pepper.
• Enjoy!

HOMEMADE SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Combine water, 1/2 of the vinegar, and onion in a pot over high heat; add cabbage, sea salt, celery seed, onion powder, garlic powder, and black pepper. Pour the remaining vinegar over cabbage mixture. Cover pot and bring water to a boil; cook mixture for about 3 minutes.
• Stir cabbage mixture and return lid to pot; cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender and wilted, 10 to 15 minutes more.

CABBAGE ROLL CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Chop cabbage into bite sized pieces, discard the core.
• Place cabbage in bottom of large deep casserole.
• Brown the meat, add the onion, garlic, salt and pepper.
• Add the rice and one can of the chopped tomatoes, including the juice.
• Mix together well and pour over the chopped cabbage.
• Spread the sauerkraut on top, including the juice.
• Cover with second can of chopped tomatoes and juice.
• Bake uncovered in a 350° oven for 20 minutes.
• Cover and continue baking for another hour or until rice is tender.

HOW TO MAKE SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Thoroughly wash a large tub or bowl (we used on the size of a small washing-up bowl), then rinse with boiling water from the kettle. Make sure that your hands, and everything else coming into contact with the cabbage, are very clean. It's wise to use a container that will comfortably fit the softened cabbage, allowing several inches of room at the top to avoid overflow.
• Shred the cabbage thinly - a food processor makes light work of this. Layer the cabbage and the salt in the tub or bowl. Massage the salt into the cabbage for 5 mins, wait 5 mins, then repeat. You should end up with a much-reduced volume of cabbage sitting in its own brine. Mix in the caraway seeds and the peppercorns.
• Cover the surface of the cabbage entirely with a sheet of cling film, then press out all the air bubbles from below. Weigh the cabbage down using a couple of heavy plates, or other weights that fit your bowl, and cover as much of the cabbage as possible. The level of the brine will rise to cover the cabbage a little. Cover the tub and leave in a dark place at a cool room temperature (about 18-20C) for at least five days. It will be ready to eat after five days, but for maximum flavour leave the cabbage to ferment for anywhere between 2-6 weeks (or until the bubbling subsides).
• Check the cabbage every day or so, releasing any gases that have built up as it ferments, giving it a stir to release the bubbles. If any scum forms, remove it, rinse the weights in boiling water and replace the cling film. You should see bubbles appearing within the cabbage, and possibly some foam on the top of the brine. It's important to keep it at an even, cool room temperature - too cool and the ferment will take longer than you'd like, too warm and the sauerkraut may become mouldy or ferment too quickly, leading to a less than perfect result.
• The cabbage will become increasingly sour the longer it's fermented, so taste it now and again. When you like the flavour, transfer it to smaller sterilised jars. Will keep in the fridge for up to six months.

CABBAGE AND SAUERKRAUT FOR THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Place chopped cabbage into crock pot. Place sauerkraut and onions over top.
• In a mixing bowl, combine all remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until cabbage is as tender as you want.
• Stir well before serving.