Involtini di Cavolo Verza - Cabbage Rolls
Involtini di Cavolo Verza - Cabbage Packages
Ingredients:
For Filling:- 60 grams carrots finely chopped
- 60 grams celery finely chopped
- 70 grams onion finely chopped
- EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
- 30 grams butter
- Hot pepper flakes (optional)
- 350 grams rice Carnaroli or Arborio
- 70 grams white wine
- 400 grams ground sausage
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- 1 liter vegetable broth
- Salt to taste
- 50 grams grated parmesan cheese
- 10 whole leaves of SAVOI cabbage
- 50 grams grated parmesan cheese
- EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
Directions:
- Mince the odori (carrots, celery, onion).
- Pre-heat a pan and add butter and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Simmer the odori for 15 minutes, stirring consistently.
- Add hot pepper flakes to taste (optional).
- Add the rice to the odori and toast until the grains become translucent.
- Add white wine and allow it to evaporate or sfumare.
- Add sausage and thyme to the mixture and allow the meat to brown.
- Once the meat is browned, begin adding the vegetable broth a little at a time constantly stirring.
- When rice is “Al Dente” or still a little hard, turn the heat off and add a hunk of butter and the parmesan and stir it all in causing it to “mantecare”.
- Carefully remove the leaves from the cabbage without ripping.
- Place the leaves in boiling water for 1-2 minutes.
- Once cooked, carefully remove the leaves from the pot, and with a sharp knife cut the leaf in half, removing the hard center or the spine.
- Place the rice filling on each leaf and roll into a package (like a burrito).
- Drizzle pan with olive oil. Place the cabbage packages in a pan with the seam facing down and drizzle them with olive oil.
- Bake at 375-400 F for 20 minutes.
- Half way through baking add grated parmesan to the top of the cabbage and finish baking.
- Carefully pull the pan out of the oven and let rest a few minutes.
Serve and enjoy! Buon Appetito!
