Pork Stuffed Cabbage With Garlic Butter Food

STUFFED CABBAGE WITH TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the cabbage rolls: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the cabbage leaves and cook, until tender, about 4 minutes. Drain the leaves into a colander in the sink and refresh under cold running water. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, place the beef, rice, sour cream, and 2 teaspoons salt.
• Heat the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until soft, about 7 minutes. Stir in the paprika and allspice and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 2 minutes more. Add the onion mixture to the beef mixture, and mix until well combined. Season with pepper to taste.
• Lay the cabbage leaves on a work surface and blot dry with paper towels. Slice off the ridged part of the thick rib at the bottom each leaf, creating a level surface over the leaves. Place about 1/2 cup of the beef mixture in the bottom center of each roll. Roll the bottom of a leaf over the beef mixture, fold in the sides, and continue rolling forward until completely closed. Repeat with the remaining leafs. Arrange the rolls seam side-down in a 9-x 13- x 2- inch oval gratin dish.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Make the tomato sauce: In a medium saucepan, combine the tomatoes, broth, salt, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil and season with pepper to taste. Pour over the cabbage rolls and cover the baking dish tightly with foil. Bake for 1 hour.
• Remove the foil from the baking dish and continue cooking, basting occasionally, until lightly browned and cooked through, about 30 minutes more. Serve in the gratin dish.

PORK CABBAGE STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and sugar. Stir in wine or broth and soy sauce until smooth; set aside. , In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry pork in oil until no longer pink. Add the carrots, garlic and ginger; stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add cabbage; stir-fry until cabbage is wilted. , Stir soy sauce mixture; add to the skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with rice. If desired, sprinkle with sesame seeds.

BRAISED CABBAGE STUFFED WITH PORK

Steps:

• To make the sauce:
• Puree the onions, carrots, celery and garlic to a coarse paste in a food processor. Coat a large wide pan with olive oil and heat over medium heat. Add the pancetta and cook until it's brown and crispy. Add the pureed veggies and cook them until they become very soft and aromatic and are starting to turn brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the white wine and let it reduce by half. Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, bay leaves, and thyme bundle and season with salt, to taste. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Reserve.
• To prep the cabbage:
• Add the vinegar to large pot of well-salted water and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Set up a bowl of well-salted iced water. Add the cabbage to the boiling water and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then immediately plunge it into the bowl of iced water. When the leaves are cool, remove them from the water and pat them dry. Reserve.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil and put over medium heat. Add the onions and season with salt, to taste. Cook the onions until they are translucent and very aromatic, about 6 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and let cool.
• In a large bowl combine the ground pork, pork sausage, chicken livers, if using, bread crumbs, Parmesan, egg, rosemary and crushed red pepper flakes. Season with salt, to taste. Add the chicken stock and mix well to combine. Stir in the cooked onions and garlic. Make a tester patty, cook it and eat it. It should taste really good, if it doesn't, adjust the seasoning.
• Lay each cabbage leaf on a flat work surface. Spoon a generous 1/4 cup of filling into each leaf. Fold the outside edges in and roll the leaf around the stuffing. Arrange each roll with the seam side down so that the roll will hold itself shut.
• Add the cabbage rolls to the sauce. Cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Uncover and simmer until the sauce has reduced to a thick, sauce-like consistency, about15 to 20 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Transfer the cabbage rolls to a serving platter and lightly cover with the sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.
• MMMMMM...cabbage!

GARLIC PORK CUTLETS WITH BUTTERED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius.
• Heat oil in a frypan that will take the cutlets in a single layer and which will go into a preheated oven.
• Over a moderately high heat, brown the chops on both sides until they are golden, remove to a plate.
• Add the potatoes and cook them until they are a golden colour, remove to a plate.
• Add the bruised garlic and cook for a minute of so longer.
• Add the chops back into the pan, and top with the potatoes and some of the bruised garlic.
• Season with salt and pepper and pour over the wine and boil for a few minutes.
• Put pan into the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile melt the butter in a medium pot and add the cabbage and season with pepper and salt, cover and cook over a low heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
• To serve place a bed of cabbage on the plates and top with a chop and a portion of the garlic and potatoe wedges.

PORK CABBAGE SAUTE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and stir the pork in oil over medium heat until no longer pink; remove the keep warm. In the same skillet, saute the cabbage, onion, garlic and bay leaves in butter until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaves. Stir in pork, salt and pepper.

GARLIC-STUFFED PORK ROAST WITH GLAZE

Steps:

• Make small slits all over in the roast then stuff whole or half garlic cloves into each slit.
• Rub the roast with olive oil.
• In a small bowl combine the sage with salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper; rub the roast all over with the spice mixture.
• Place the roast in a roasting pan, then let sit out on the counter for a few hours.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Set oven rack to middle position.
• Roast for about 3 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees F (the temperature will rise more after removing from the oven).
• For the glaze: while the roast is cooking in a small saucepan combine the sugar with cornstarch, vinegar, water and soy sauce; bring to a simmer over medium heat stirring occasionally.
• Cook until bubbly and thickened.
• Brush the roast 3-4 times during cooking.
• The last 30 minutes of cooking pour the remaining glaze over the roast.
• Allow the roast to sit for about 10 minutes before slicing.

PORK STUFFED CABBAGE WITH GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• 1. In a blender, combine pork chops, 3 garlic cloves, green pepper, onion, eggs, parsley, cheese, and corn. Pulse until fine.
• 2. Cut cabbage into small "bowls".
• 3. Place stuffing in "bowls" and bake for 25 minutes at 300 degrees.
• 4. In a saucepan, combine remaining garlic and and butter. Cook until melted and simmered. Salt and pepper to taste.
• 5. 15 minutes into baking, drizzle butter over cabbage and finish baking.