Cabbage cake Lazy Cabbage

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Rinse the cabbage under water, remove the first couple of sheets, it is better not to use them, as they are often damaged. Next to the stalk, make incisions with a knife and disassemble all the cabbage into sheets. Cut off the thickening of the stems from the cabbage leaves.

2. Step 2:

   

   Boil water in a large saucepan. In small batches, lower cabbage leaves into boiling water and boil them for a couple of minutes so that they become soft. Transfer the boiled cabbage leaves to a dish and let them cool.

3. Step 3:

   

   At this time, put the rice to boil, adding a little water.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the minced pork in a preheated frying pan and lightly fry it in vegetable oil. At the end of cooking, season the minced meat with salt and pepper. Transfer the finished minced meat to a deep bowl.

5. Step 5:

   

   In the same pan where the minced meat was fried, lightly fry the diced onion and garlic passed through the press.

6. Step 6:

   

   Then add the carrots grated on a coarse grater to the pan and continue frying.

7. Step 7:

   

   Then add diced tomatoes, mix and let the vegetables simmer a little in the juice formed from the tomatoes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Season stewed vegetables with tomato paste, add salt and heat in a frying pan for another 2-3 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Take a deep bowl with fried minced meat, pour boiled rice, transfer vegetables from the frying pan to the minced meat with rice, beat in an egg and thoroughly mix the meat filling until smooth.

11. Step 10:

    

    Take a cake baking dish with a diameter of 26 cm. Put the largest and most beautiful boiled cabbage leaves on the bottom and sides of this form, since when they are served on the table they will be the "front" side of the cake.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put 1/3 of the meat filling on cabbage leaves and evenly distribute it along the bottom of the mold. Cover the first meat layer with several cabbage leaves and put the filling again, etc. You should get 3 layers of meat filling.

13. Step 12:

    

    Cover the final layer of the filling with cabbage leaves, bend the side leaves, directing them to the center. Top the cake with salt and pepper and lightly lubricate with olive oil with a pastry brush.

14. Step 13:

    

    Cabbage cake "Lazy cabbage" bake in a preheated 180oC oven for 40 minutes. When the cabbage cake is ready, take it out of the oven, let it cool down a little, cover with a large dish, turn it over and remove the mold. Decorate the top of the cabbage cake with herbs and tomatoes.