Wartime Wednesday: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Wartime Wednesday: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

With meat being rationed, recipes that were heavily vegetarian became popular. Found in Better Meals in Wartime, this recipe claims to be from Sweden:

½ pound raw veal, pork, or beef, ground

1 small onion

1/8 C grated carrot

½ t pepper

1 t salt

½ C bread crumbs softened in ¼ C warm milk

1 medium-sized cabbage

Remove 10 outer leaves from cabbage and scald them. Then chop enough of the remaining cabbage to make one cup. Mix this with the meat, onion, carrot, seasons and crumbs. Form the mixture into 10 small rolls.

Place one roll in each cabbage leaf, and roll up. Secure the rolls tightly with toothpicks which can be removed before serving. Place folded side down in a kettle. Half cover with boiling water and simmer for an hour. If you like you may use half fresh stewed tomatoes or tomato juice and half water. These rolls may be served plain, with sour cream or tomato sauce.

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