What to do with leftover cabbage?
I had some leftover cabbage from a pork dish I made the other day, and ran a quick search on the net for recipes using cabbage. In amongst the countless entries for cabbage soup, I came across a recipe for cabbage lasagne and thought I'd experiment.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cabbage, sliced
- 2 medium potatoes, grated
- olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 250g mince beef
- 125g tomato paste
- 1 cup flour
- 50g butter
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
- 1 cup tasty cheese, grated
- olive oil
- chilli powder
- salt and pepper
Bolognese sauce
- Heat pan with a little olive oil. Saute onions until they soften and become translucent.
- Add garlic and mince, breaking up the meat and combining with the onion.
- Once meat juices start forming in the pan, add the diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix well.
- Add half a cup of water (or more if necessary), season with salt, pepper and chilli powder. Reduce sauce until it thickens. Remove from heat.
Bechamel sauce
- Melt butter in pan over low heat. Rain in flour, stirring constantly until flour is fully incorporated into butter. Continue stirring to cook the flour, breaking up the lumps with a wooden spoon.
- Gradually pour in milk, stirring to combine the milk and flour mixture until it reaches a light and creamy consistency.
- Add some tasty cheese and a pinch of salt. Remove from heat.
Assembly
- Boil cabbage until softened, drain and cool.
- Coat bottom of baking tray olive oil, then cover base with grated potato. Season with a little salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle a layer of mozzarella and tasty cheese over potatoes.
- Layer half the cabbage, followed by half the bolognese sauce then half the bechamel sauce. Sprinkle more cheese, then repeat with cabbage and two sauces.
- Cover contents with remaining cheese. Bake at 200 degrees for around 15 minutes or until cheese melts and starts to turn golden brown.
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