Otto Say’s
Pasta sanza vino e
come il cuore sanza amore
Pasta without wine is
like a heart without love
Barley ricotta cabbage rolls (12 rolls)
Ingredients
1 head green cabbage
15 ml oil
3 garlic minced
125 ml. pearl barley.
15 dry dill weed
400 ml .chicken stock
1 large onion chopped
250 gr lean ground pork
250 gr ricotta (drained)
150 ml fresh chopped parsley
30 ml. Dijon mustard
1 beaten egg
30 ml wine vinegar
2 ml. dry thyme
2 ml salt
Sauce
800 ml.whole tomatoes
1 small onions cut in half
15 ml brown sugar
2 ml salt
Method
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2. Core cabbage but leave it whole . .
3. Place the cabbage in boiling water and cook for 6 to 8
minutes until outer leaves are tender.
4. Carefully remove from boiling water and lunge into ice
water.
5. Pull dozen leaves or so off the cabbage, boiling again if
the leaves are too raw to remove easily.
6. Pat dry and slice tough centre vein.
7. Heat a saucepan
over medium, add oil, then garlic and cook 1 minute, add barley and dill, cook
1 minute pour in broth to bring to a boil
.Reduce heat to medium to low and simmer covered, until barley is tender and liquid is absorbed
about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool about 5 minutes, Stir in
onons, pork ricotta, parsley, Dijion mustard , egg, vinegar, thyme and salt.
8.Preheat oven at
190 C. Get a 22 cm by 32 cm baking pan and oil .Spoon about 80 or 100 ml. of filling onto the centre of one
cabbage leaf, Roll into a cylinder folding up the sides and trimming cut ends
if there is too much cabbage .Place seam-side down in prepared dish ,repeat
with reaming filling and leaves. Pour 75 ml water over .Cover tightly with tin
foil and baked for about 1 hour.
9. While cabbage
rolls are cooking prepare sauce, combine tomatoes and onions in a saucepan
.Bring to boil, and then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered 30 minutes .Remove
from heat and let stand 10 minutes. Puree in food processor blender Stir in
sugar and salt .Serve over baked cabbage rolls.
Smile and Be Sweet
“The best way to win a friend is to listen and
Smile it only takes a minute” – Otto
