Beef Cabbage Rolls

Make deep cuts around the core of the cabbage before immersing it into boiling water.

As the outer layers soften, coax them off with tongs one at a time until you have enough for wrapping the ground beef.

Mix in the ingredients for the beef filling.

Shallow fry the cabbage rolls.

Turn over the rolls only once, do not stir them too much otherwise they will come apart.

Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
2 onions, chopped
3 green chilies, finely minced
1/4 bunch of parsley, chopped
juice from one lemon
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup ketchup

Method:

1. In a deep saucepan, bring water to a rolling boil.
2. Make deep cuts around the core of the cabbage before immersing it into the boiling water.  As the outer layers soften, coax them off with tongs one at a time until you have enough for wrapping the ground beef (approx 12 leaves).
3. Mix together the ground beef, salt, black pepper, onions. green chilies, parsley and lemon juice.  Fill each cabbage leaf with a spoonful of the beef mixture and roll it up like a spring roll.
4. Heat butter in a heavy bottomed skillet pan to medium high and add the rolls, do not move them too much, cook on one side for 8-10 minutes, flip over and cover and cook the other side for another 8-10.
5. Add ketchup, cover and cook an additional two minutes.

Serve with couscous or rice.