Cabbage rolls in beetroot leaves are not only tasty, but also beautiful
Can't guess over time, and cabbage on cabbage rolls is either hard or falling apart from overcooking? Prepare cabbage rolls in beetroot leaves - a worthy substitute for the famous recipe. Beet tops are softer and cook faster, and will also add a slight sourness to the dish.
Ingredients
Today we have unusual, besides, stuffed cabbage rolls, so the list of products will be somewhat different:
- beet leaves;
- minced meat;
- bow;
- spices for minced meat;
- mayonnaise or cream - for the sauce.
To make the dish more satisfying, you can add another, traditional for stuffed cabbage, ingredient - rice. Do not forget to boil it.
Cooking beet tops
As already clear, instead of cabbage leaves, we will wrap minced meat in beetroot. You need to use only young foliage - it is juicy. Old leaves will be tough and tasteless. The leaves need to be not only rinsed well, but also scalded with boiling water.
It is better to cut the thick central vein along the sheet - it is quite tough. Although some housewives prefer to leave it, blanching the tops for softening. It is in the red vein that the very sour note is contained.
Cabbage rolls in beet leaves
Although the recipe suggests that doves need to be sculpted, making them is much easier. Unlike cabbage, beet tops are softer, more pliable and more obedient. It is easier to roll it up, which means that the darling will be tight and will not fall apart.
So, let's get to work:
- If you have a piece of meat, grind it into minced meat. Salt, add spices. Finely chop the onion. Add and mix.
- We put the sheet on the board or hand with the back side to you. The glossy side should be on top of the rolled cabbage roll. We spread the minced meat at the edge of the plate (where the petiole was). We turn the edges (along the central vein) and begin to twist the roll towards the tip of the sheet. It turns out that beetroot cabbage rolls need to be made according to the dolma molding technology.
- We send the formed rolls into a deep saucepan.
- Dilute mayonnaise with water, add a little salt.
- Pour the cabbage rolls over the sauce and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes.
You can boil cabbage rolls in beet leaves and just in water, or by making tomato sauce - this is not for everybody. In any case, they will turn out delicious. The tops will add a slight sourness to the dish, and its soft structure cannot be compared with a cabbage leaf. Stuffed cabbage can be cooked even in winter if you marinate the beet tops for future use.