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Sweet and Sour Cabbage Rolls
Perfect for a chilly winter’s day, cheese-topped beef- and mushroom-stuffed cabbage rolls are blanketed with a tasty tomato sauce flavored with red wine vinegar, maple and Worcestershire!
8 whole leaves from 1 large cabbage
3 cups boiling water
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 large onion, diced
1/4 tsp. salt
8 oz. lean ground beef
1 cup finely chopped mushrooms
1/2 tsp. pepper
3 Tbs. tomato paste
3 Tbs. red wine vinegar
3 Tbs. dark pure maple syrup
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella
Stack cabbage leaves in large Dutch oven; pour boiling water over top. Cover: set over high heat and boil, rotating top leaves to bottom as stack shrinks. Cook 4-6 minutes until cabbage is just tender enough to be pliable, but not so soft that it tears. Drain; lay leaves on work surface to cool.
Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and salt; cook, stirring often, 6-8 minutes, until onion is soft, translucent and starting to brown. Add beef, mushrooms and pepper; cook, breaking up with wooden spoon, 3-4 minutes, until beef is browned and no pink remains. Add tomato paste; stir until beef and onion are coated and paste is not clumpy. Add vinegar, syrup and Worcestershire sauce; bring to simmer, stirring often. Remove from heat.
Spoon 1/4 cup filling onto each cabbage leaf; roll, tucking in sides. Arrange rolls in skillet side by side, seam side down. Pour tomato sauce over rolls. Cover; place over medium-low heat. Cook in simmering sauce about 20 minutes until rolls are heated through and cabbage is tender. Remove lid; sprinkle with mozzarella. Cover; cook 1-2 minutes until cheese melts. Let rolls stand 10 minutes before serving.
Servings: 4. Cals.: 330. Protein: 22 g. Fat: 15 g. (6 g. saturated). Trans fat: 1 g. Chol.: 55 mg. Carbs.: 28 g. Sodium: 927 mg. Fiber: 5 g. Sugar: 19 g. Kitchen time: 45 minutes. Total time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.