Germancabbagemuffins Recipes

GERMAN CABBAGE AND POTATOES

Steps:

• NOTE: My mother cooks this with 2 cups water and mashes the potatoes and cabbage after cooking, before adding the bacon. Though this tastes good it does not look very tempting. :).
• FOR CABBAGE: Remove outer dark or dry cabbage leaves, cut cabbage into eights and cut the core away.Cut cabbage crosswise in 1/8 inch strips. Wash and drain cabbage, removing any thick "ribs".
• Wash, peel and cut potatoes in 3/4 inch dice.
• Put potatoes, salt, cumin, bay leaf and water in a large pot, cover and boil potatoes for 15 minutes until just tender.
• Add cabbage, stir thoroughly and boil over medium heat about 7 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. You want the cabbage to have some bite and most of the liquid to have cooked off. You might need to add a little hot water if all liquid has cooked off before the cabbage is done.
• Depending on the size of your pot it might be necessary to add the cabbage in batches. Cover the pot between batches and let reduce volume before adding rest of cabbage.
• FOR BACON MIXTURE: When potatoes are almost done heat oil in a small pan over medium heat, fry bacon until pale golden, add onions and cook until bacon is crisp and onions golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat and pour off most of the fat.
• TO ASSEMBLE: The cabbage should be only moist. If there is too much liquid raise heat and cook it off, stirring often. Remove from heat, add cayenne, lemon juice and most of bacon mixture. Stir to mix and adjust seasoning.
• To serve: Top cabbage with rest of bacon mixture (and parsley)as garnish.

GERMAN CABBAGE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, onion flakes and celery seed thoroughly.
• Add the grated cabbage and stir into the dry ingredients.
• Whisk the eggs, milk and melted butter together well.
• Add to dry ingredients and stir quickly, making sure it isn't over 10 sec. Spoon into greased muffin pans and bake in preheated oven for 20 minute.

EASY GERMAN RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat sauerkraut, beets and beet juice, butter, and bay leaves in a large pot over medium heat; season with salt and pepper. Simmer until heated through, about 15 minutes.

GERMAN CABBAGE ROLLS (KRAUTWICKEL)

Steps:

• MAKE THE MEAT FILLING:
• Saute chopped Onion in bacon grease over medium heat until glossy and transparent,
• Soak the bread in enough water to thoroughly wet it and make it soggy and waterlogged. Then squeeze out the excess water and set aside.
• In a large bowl set the meat, maggi sauce, eggs, cooked onion, and soaked bread crumbs.
• Pour all the dry meat filling ingredients over the meat and mix by hand like a meatloaf.
• TEST THE FLAVOR:
• Pan fry a small bit of meat until done to test for flavor. If you need to adjust the seasonings do it now and mix again by hand.
• Set a large pot on the stove 2/3 Full of water. Bring to boiling while shaping the meat rolls.
• Shape into 3 x 2 inch sausage shapes. Set Aside. You should get about 18 to 20 meat rolls.
• COOK CABBAGE LEAVES:
• Set the cabbage into the boiling water and as the leaves soften and get tender.
• GENTLY pull the leaves off with tongs one at a time as the cabbage cooks.
• USE ONLY THE BIG LEAVES. (you may need two heads of cabbage to keep the leaf size large.)
• Lay the leaves on a large paper towel to drain.
• Soften the large tough vein of the leaves with a meat mallet so the leafs will roll.
• FOLD THE CABBAGE ROLLS:
• Lay the leaf out on a large flat surface like a table or cutting board.
• Set a meat roll INTO THE CENTER of the leaf.
• Fold the cabbage leaf up from the bottom to cover the meat roll.
• Bring each side of the leaf up and over the meat.
• Now roll the cabbage roll up to the top of the cabbage leaf.
• Repeat for all leaves until the meat rolls are used.
• TIE THE CABBAGE ROLLS
• Using Kitchen Twine tie the rolls up and knot them on each end (per Video).
• This is all done with one continuous piece of twine as shown so the rolls can be evenly browned without falling apart. So make sure they are well secured.
• BROWN THE CABBAGE ROLLS:
• Set your frying pan on medium heat
• Add 2 Tablespoons of Peanut oil (or your favorite high heat safe oil).
• Brown the cabbage rolls on ALL sides for best flavor.
• Simmer the cabbage rolls 40 minutes with 4 cups of beef broth and 4 cups of water.
• MAKE THE GRAVY:
• Remove cabbage rolls to serving platter or large casserole dish leave the broth in the pan.
• Whisk together the dry ingredients and add water to make a loose paste.
• Pour into the beef broth and whisk over medium high heat until boiling.
• Boil while whisking two minutes or until thick as you like.
• SERVE:
• Cut the strings and remove from the cabbage rolls.
• Pour 2 cups of the gravy over the cabbage rolls.
• Pour the remaining gravy into a gravy server and serve on the side.

EASY, NOT FAST ONE POT GERMAN CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, and garlic in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Transfer beef mixture to a bowl.
• Put cabbage and water into the skillet; bring water to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, place a cover on the skillet, and cook cabbage at a simmer until soft, about 30 minutes.
• Stir beef mixture and tomato soup into the cabbage mixture; cook until hot, about 5 minutes.

GERMAN CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• To begin, sauté the bacon pieces, in your Dutch oven until they are golden and crispy. Use a slotted spoon to scoop the cooked bacon out to a dish that is lined with a paper towel. Set it aside for now.
• Add the shredded cabbage to the Dutch oven and cook over medium heat until the cabbage is cooked and slightly browned in some spots, about 10 minutes. Add the butter if you need to, but the bacon drippings are often enough.
• Add in the white wine and scrape the bottom of the pot to loosen all of the "flavor bits" and de-glaze the pot.
• Add in all of the remaining ingredients.
• Bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the potatoes are cooked, about 15 minutes.
• Top your bowl of soup with the cooked bacon.
• Enjoy!