Lazy Cabbage Roll Casserole
This is total cozy comfort food made super simple! Everything gets tossed straight into one baking dish, bakes up practically effortlessly in the oven, and delivers all that delicious, classic cabbage roll flavor you love.
Servings: 4
Calories: 766kcal
Equipment
- Thermomix
- Schneidebrett
- Messer
- Auflaufform mit Deckel
Zutaten
- 1 kg Potatoes Yukon Gold or yellow potatoes
- 500 g Pointed cabbage
For the meatballs:
- 600 g Mixed ground meat (beef and pork)
- 1 Onion
- 50 g Rice uncooked
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Mustard
- 1 tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Paprika
For the sauce:
- 1 Onion
- 1 Garlic clove
- 2 Carrots
- 1 Red bell pepper
- 25 g Oil
- 50 g Tomato paste
- 500 ml Vegetable broth
- 50 ml Heavy cream
- 1 tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Paprika
- ¼ tsp Sugar
- 10 g All-purpose flour
- 2 Bay leaves
Zubereitung
Prep Work:
- Preheat your oven to 230 °C conventional heat.
- 1 kg PotatoesPeel the potatoes and cut them into bite-sized cubes.
- 500 g Pointed cabbageQuarter the cabbage, remove the core, and chop it into bite-sized pieces.
Meatballs:
- 1 OnionFirst, peel and quarter the onion. Add it to the mixing bowl and chop for 5 sec / Speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula.
- 600 g Mixed ground meat (beef and pork), 50 g Rice, 1 Egg, 1 tsp Mustard, 1 tsp Salt, ¼ tsp Black pepper, 1 tsp PaprikaAdd the remaining meatball ingredients to the bowl and mix for 2 min / Dough Mode. Transfer the mixture to a separate bowl.
Sauce:
- 1 Onion, 1 Garlic clove, 2 Carrots, 1 Red bell pepperFor the sauce, peel and quarter the onion, peel the garlic clove, peel the carrots and chop into rough chunks, and seed the red bell pepper and chop into rough chunks.
- Add everything to the mixing bowl and chop for 10 sec / Speed 5. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with the spatula.
- 25 g Oil, 50 g Tomato pasteAdd the oil and tomato paste, then sauté for 3 min / 120 °C / Speed 2.
- 50 ml Heavy cream, 1 tsp Salt, ½ tsp Black pepper, 1 tsp Paprika, ¼ tsp Sugar, 10 g All-purpose flour, 500 ml Vegetable brothNext, add the vegetable broth, heavy cream, salt, pepper, paprika, sugar, and flour. Bring to a boil for 3 min / 100 °C / Speed 2, then blend smooth for 30 sec / gradually increasing Speed 5-8.
Layer and Bake:
- Place the cubed potatoes into a large baking dish or Dutch oven.
- Shape the meat mixture into about 12 meatballs and nestle them over the potatoes.
- Scatter and tuck the cabbage pieces around and over the meatballs.
- 2 Bay leavesPour the sauce evenly over the cabbage and top with the bay leaves.
- Cover the baking dish with its lid (or foil) and bake in the preheated oven for 60–70 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaves right before serving and enjoy!
