Stuffed cabbage rolls
White cabbage leaves wrapped around seasoned mince and braised in a brown sauce.
- Time
- 1 h 30 min
- Effort:
- medium
- Season
- autumn, winter
- classic
- meat
- hearty
- budget
- freezes well
- Sunday
- low carb
Ingredients for 4 portions
1white cabbage
600 gminced meat (mixed)
1stale rolls
2onions
1eggs
100 gstreaky bacon
1 tbsptomato purée
500 mlvegetable stock (instant)
1 tbspcornflour
1 tspcaraway seeds
3 tbsprapeseed oil
to tastesalt
to tastepepper
The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.
Possible allergens
Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.
- Cereals containing gluten
- Eggs
- Celery
Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.
Nutrition per portion
Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 4 portions per recipe.
| Energy | 702 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 41.6 g |
| Fat | 43.2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 29.8 g |
| of which sugar | 20.8 g |
| Fibre | 12.5 g |
| Salt | 2.5 g |
Not counted because listed without a quantity: salt, pepper.
Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.
Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.
Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.
Method
- 1
Cut the core from the cabbage, blanch the head in boiling salted water for 10 minutes, peel off 8 large leaves, flatten the thick ribs.
- 2
Knead the mince with the soaked roll, one onion, egg, caraway, salt and pepper, divide between the leaves, roll up, tie with string.
- 3
Brown the rolls in oil on all sides, roast the bacon and second onion alongside, add the tomato purée, pour in the stock.
- 4
Braise covered for 45 minutes, remove the rolls, thicken the sauce with cornflour and season.
Sides
Part of the meal: planned along with the dish, and swappable or removable in the week. Their ingredients go on the shopping list too.
