Low-carb Cabbage and Mince Rolls
Dinner is sorted for your family-of-four! This recipe uses the Fats of Life Roasted Tomato Sauce and each serving (2 parcels, as pictured) comes in at 15g carbs per serving. A great meal to break a fast.
Servings 4 people
Calories 579kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 40 g celery thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 250 g mushrooms finely chopped
- 8 large Savoy cabbage leaves
- 30 g pine kernels
- 2 TB lard
- 500 g ground beef mince 20% fat
- Roasted Tomato Sauce Fats of Life recipe
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 90 g fresh mozzarella
- drizzle olive oil
- parsley or basil to garnish
- sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Assuming you have the Fats of Life Roasted Tomato Sauce cooked and ready to use, prep all your remaining ingredients. Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan oven). This is 200°C for conventional ovens (or 400°F / gas mark 6).
- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Working in two or three batches, plunge the cabbage leaves into the boiling water and cook until they have wilted sufficiently. (They need to be very pliable as you will be folding them later, so in this case: the softer the better.)
- Place the leaves on a tray lined with kitchen paper and allow to cool.
- Toast the pine nuts in a dry, hot pan until golden.
- Keep a small handful of toasted nuts aside (we will use this as a garnish) and roughly chop the remainder. Set aside.
- Heat the lard in a large pan or wok, and gently fry the celery until completely softened. Use a wooden spoon to lightly smash them.
- Add the mushrooms and garlic and increase the heat. Stirring continuously, cook until the mushrooms have caramelised.
- Tip in the ground beef and mix in well. Cook until no longer pink.
- At this time, mix in 1/4 cup of the Roasted Tomato Sauce and add the dried oregano. Stir in the chopped pine nuts and mix well to combine. Season the mixture with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Spoon a little Roasted Tomato Sauce on the bottom of a greased, suitable-sized roasting dish (like a lasagne casserole). Take one cooked cabbage leaf at a time and trim off the hard centre bit, as pictured (this makes it easier to fold.) Divide the mince mixture between the 8 leaves.
- Fold into little parcels, tucking in the mince mixture.
- Place the little cabbage and mince rolls into the roasting dish, folded side down.
- Spoon over the remaining Roasted Tomato Sauce in between the snug little parcels. Tear over the pieces of fresh mozzarella.
- Drizzle over a little olive oil and place into the oven for 20-25 minutes.
- After baking, season with salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper. Scatter over the reserved pine nuts and chopped parsley (or torn basil) just before serving.
Notes
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A new-and-improved version of this delicious recipe features in my cookbook BUDGET KETO KITCHEN.
My name is Monya Kilian Palmer. If you loved this recipe, please follow and tag me @mkilianpalmer on Instagram so we can all see your lovely creations!
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The links above will take you to Amazon UK. For USA and other countries, see the global Amazon links here: Keto Kitchen ; Lazy Keto Kitchen ; Budget Keto Kitchen ; Quick Keto Kitchen.
My name is Monya Kilian Palmer. If you loved this recipe, please follow and tag me @mkilianpalmer on Instagram so we can all see your lovely creations!
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The links above will take you to Amazon UK. For USA and other countries, see the global Amazon links here: Keto Kitchen ; Lazy Keto Kitchen ; Budget Keto Kitchen ; Quick Keto Kitchen.
Nutrition
Calories: 579kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 43g