Easiest Way to Make Yummy Lauren's Cabbage Rolls

Lauren's Cabbage Rolls. In a large deep skillet (or large pot) over medium heat, heat oil. Lauren's Cabbage Rolls One of my many favorite comfort foods as child growing up were my mom's cabbage rolls. These tender cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef, garlic, onions that's seasoned to perfection and simmered in a rich tomato juice.

Place the smoked hock on top of the stuffed cabbage. Mix together the passata and vegetable stock and pour it over the stuffed cabbage rolls. Place any remaining cabbage leaves on top of the cabbage rolls (do not cover the hock). You can cook Lauren's Cabbage Rolls using 27 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Lauren's Cabbage Rolls

1. Prepare 1 head of cabbage.
2. Prepare 1 lb of lean hamburger meat.
3. You need 2 of lemons.
4. It's of Tomato juice or tomato sauce.
5. You need 2 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
6. It's 1 (14.5 oz) of can petite diced tomatoes.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese.
8. You need of Toothpicks.
9. It's of For the cabbage boil.
10. Prepare 2 cups of water.
11. Prepare 1 of juice from lemon squeezed and thrown in pot.
12. It's 1 tsp of nutmeg.
13. You need 1 tsp of ground giner.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of ground cloves.
15. You need 1/2 tsp of kosher salt.
16. Prepare of Cabbage Stuffing.
17. You need 1 lb of lean raw meat.
18. You need 1 of medium white onion finely chopped.
19. You need 1 (14.5 oz) of can petite diced tomatoes.
20. It's 4 of garlic cloves minced.
21. Prepare 1 tsp of ground ginger.
22. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ground cloves.
23. It's 1/2 of twp ground nutmeg.
24. Prepare 1 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
25. You need 1/2 tbsp of Italian seasoning.
26. You need 1/2 tsp of smoked paprika.
27. You need 1/2 tsp of kosher salt.

Arrange cabbage rolls in a single layer tight against each other. In a food processor or blender, process condensed tomato soup and tomatoes. Pour tomato mixture over the cabbage rolls until just covered. Cover each dish tightly with aluminum foil.

Lauren's Cabbage Rolls step by step

1. In a large pot start your cabbage boil. Let boil for 30 minutes. You just want the leaves soft enough to pull off stem..
2. Do not drain your cabbage water or pull out lemons! Pull cabbage out of pot onto a plate. Let cool..
3. Begin pulling your leaves off the stem..
4. Lay leaf down on flat surface and fill with the meat mixture. You can either fill them small of fill them big. I do medium. Now, roll them up like a burrito. Stick a couple tooth picks in it and make sure it doesn't un roll..
5. In your cabbage boil pot, add tomato juice or sauce. Toss in your cabbage rolls. Make sure it's on medium heat..
6. Add remaining meat and cabbage to pot (if you want.) Squirt lemon juice from half a lemon in pot. Boil covered for 2 hrs. Sprinkle some garlic powder on the top of the cabbage and add more worcestershire sauce if you want. Add parmesan to the top. Enjoy!.

Cover cabbage leaves with boiling water. Let stand until leaves are limp. Place, seam side down in baking dish. Mix remaining tomato sauce with the sugar, pour over rolls. I do make a different sauce.