Savoy cabbage rissoles

Serves:4
Cooking Time:50 minutes
Prep Time:25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 500 g pork mince
  • 1 savoy cabbage head
  • 1/2 onion, finely chopped
  • 1/4 tsp cloves, ground
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • a quarter of a nutmeg, finely grated (or ground nutmeg)
  • 3 extra-large eggs
  • 250 g butter, softened
  • 4 Tbsp canola oil, plus extra for greasing
  • 1 medium onions, finely sliced
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and crushed
  • 5 Green cardamom pods, slightly crushed
  • 1 cinnamon sticks
  • 6 all spice berries
  • 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 2 Tbsp piece ginger, grated
  • 1 fresh chillies,sliced
  • 1 400g tin Italian chopped tomatoes
  • 1 Tbsp brown or treacle sugar
  • salt to taste

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Carefully remove the large outer leaves of the cabbage and blanch for 4 to 5 minutes in a saucepan of boiling water.
  3. Drain in a colander.
  4. Place the pork mince, onion, cloves, coriander and nutmeg in a bowl.
  5. Add the egg and season to taste. Mix all the ingredients and shape into 9 to 10 flat rissoles. Wrap the rissoles in the cabbage leaves and set aside.

To make the sauce:

  1. Heat the butter and canola oil in a large frying pan and sauté the onion until translucent. Add the cumin, cardamom, cinnamon and allspice, then stir in the garlic, ginger and chilli.
  2. Sauté for 5 minutes, then add the tomato, treacle sugar and season to taste.
  3. Cook gently for 5 minutes.
  4. Pour the sauce into an ovenproof dish and add the rissoles.
  5. Cover and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
  6. Uncover and bake for a further 10 minutes.

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