As you know I use my slow cooker a lot, and one of the cookbooks I consult most frequently is Ricardo: Ultimate Slow Cooker by Ricardo Larrivée, a Montreal chef. This recipe takes the usual cabbage roll ingredients and puts them in a slow cooker, without having to do all that rolling and folding, and making a mess.
INGREDIENTS
3/4 lb (350 g) hot or mild Italian sausages,
meat removed from casing
3/4 lb (350 g) ground beef
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tsp (10 ml) dry mustard
1 tsp (5 ml) celery salt
1 tsp (5 ml) dried oregano
1/2 cup (125 ml) long grain rice, uncooked
1 can (28 oz/796 ml) diced tomatoes
8 cups (2 litres) thinly sliced green
cabbage
3/4 cup (180 ml) chicken broth
Salt and pepper
PREPARATION
In a bowl, combine the sausage meat, ground
beef, onion, garlic and spices. Season with salt and pepper.
Crumble half of the meat mixture in a slow
cooker. Layer with half of the rice and a third of the tomatoes. Cover with
half the cabbage and press lightly. Season with salt and pepper.
Layer with the remaining meat and rice. Add
a third of the tomatoes and cover with the remaining cabbage. Press lightly.
Season with salt and pepper. Top with the remaining tomatoes and drizzle with
the broth. Cover and cook on Low for 4 hours.
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