Mama's Stuffed Cabbage Over Mashed Potatoes

Name: Mama's Stuffed Cabbage Over Mashed Potatoes
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground pork; 8 leaves cabbage; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon thyme; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 medium sweet onion finely diced; 24 ounce passata or stained tomatoes; 1/2 teaspoon white pepper; 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed; 1 tablespoon butter; 8 cups vegetable broth; 1 large egg, beaten

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

USA

My mom being 100% Polish made some amazing dishes passed down to her. Some were considered peasant dishes but they are just fresh ingredients that were used when in season and plentiful. Sometimes simple is best. Here is her rendition. This is made for 4 people. For more, simply double or triple recipe. Now your wondering where is the rice. In mom's recipe there wasn't any since it was always served over mashed potatoes. Old customs had ingredients fresh from the garden. Grandma, mom did make their own strained tomato sauce. Sorry mom but I cheated here😉

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 people

1 poundlean ground pork
8 leavescabbage
1 teaspoonsalt
1 teaspoonthyme
1 teaspoongarlic powder
1medium sweet onion finely diced
24 ouncepassata or stained tomatoes
1/2 teaspoonwhite pepper
1/2 teaspoonfennel seed
1 tablespoonbutter
8 cupsvegetable broth
1large egg, beaten

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Steps

1 hour

1

In a dutch oven place cabbage leaves removed from cabbage head into boiling broth.
2

In a large pan add butter and melt over medium heat. Add onion and saute for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
3

Add in all the spices then add in pork. Mix to incorporate spices and onion and break up meat. Cook for 6-8 minutes until pork is no longer pink. Set aside in a separate bowl. Add in beaten egg and mix until thoroughly combined in meat.
4

Once cabbage has wilted in boiling broth (just enough so that the stem is pliable) drain and let cool so you can handle it.
5

On a working surface spread out individual cabbage leaf. Add a heaping spoonful into center. Roll up bottom the fold in each side. Then roll up until you reach end. Place in baking dish seam side down. Repeat with all cabbage leaves.
6

Pour strained tomatoes to cover rolls.
7

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven fir 30 minutes. While these bake I make my mom's mashed potatoes. Recipe to follow. Serve cabbage rolls over potatoes.