Stuffed Cabbage Leaves – Dolmathes
Ingredients
- 1 large onion minced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chili sauce
- 1 package plant based crumbles
- ½ cup quinoa
- 1 tomato chopped
- 2 tablespoons parsley or cilantro
- 1 teaspoon mint
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 24 cabbage leaves
- 2 cups hot vegetable stock
- ½ cup tomato puree
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon corn flour
- 1 lemon juiced
- Salt to taste
Directions
- Cook quinoa as per the package directions.
- In a pan heat oil, roast onion, garlic until translucent.
- Add tomato, mint, cinnamon, crumbles, chili sauce, salt and quinoa.
- Stir until all the water evaporates.
- Divide into 24 portions.
- Blanch cabbage leave in boiling salted water for 7 minutes. Let it cool for 15 minutes.
- Place one portion of stuffing on base of the leaf, fold the sides and wrap firmly into a neat roll.
- Line rolls close together, seam side down, in a deep pan lined with a cabbage leaf.
- Add stock, butter, salt and pepper to taste.
- Place a heavy plate on top of the rolls and cover pan tightly.
- Simmer gently for 60 minutes.
- When cooked, drain the stock into another saucepan.
- Thicken the stock with corn flour – make a paste with cold water, prior to adding to the hot stock.
- Add tomato sauce, ketchup and lemon juice.
- Arrange rolls on a heated serving dish and spoon some of the sauce over them.
- Garnish with chopped parsley or cilantro and serve the left over sauce on the side.