Minced meat dishes are very popular in many families. It is tasty and economical. But the stuffing does not have to be meat. This article presents a step-by-step recipe for meatballs with gravy in the oven from cabbage minced meat. Sometimes housewives want to feed their household not just a hearty meat dish, but also healthy - from vegetables. In this case, this recipe is useful. It turns out a completely independent dish that does not require an additional side dish.
List of Essential Ingredients
It is necessary to prepare products such as:
- 600 g of white cabbage;
- one large carrot;
- two chicken eggs;
- onion;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- salt;
- a few peas of black pepper;
- dried thyme.
Cooking features
This recipe is a classic basis that you can modify as you wish. As for sauces, the article presents popular options. Of these, each housewife will be able to choose the one that will be more convenient in cooking personally for her.
It is worth starting with the preparation of meatballs with cabbage themselves. Vegetables need to be chopped very finely with a knife or a special grater. Also chop carrots and onions. In a small amount of sunflower oil, cook the vegetables almost until ready. After they become soft, remove the pan from the stove. Cool the vegetables. Add egg, nutmeg, ground black pepper and salt to the cabbage. Shuffle. To increase the volume, you can cook meatballs with cabbage and rice. Housewives also use ordinary minced meat in combination with cabbage.
Roll the balls from the resulting mass. From 0.5 kilograms of cabbage, as a rule, 12 to 15 pieces are obtained. Put the balls on a baking sheet or pan with a thick bottom. Pour the sauce until the middle (of your choice), add dried herbs and your favorite spices. Since the article describes a step-by-step recipe for meatballs with gravy in the oven, the cooking time in this case will be 10-12 minutes. If you decide to cook the dish on the stove, then turn on the weakest fire and simmer the meatballs for 20 minutes.
Meatballs for meatballs
There are several sauces with which cabbage dishes are best combined.
- Sour cream. Perhaps this is the most popular version of the sauce for vegetable dishes. To prepare the gravy, you need 220 ml of fat homemade sour cream (if you can get one) and 2.5 tablespoons of thick tomato paste. These ingredients are mixed together and added to meatballs with cabbage right before they are sent to the oven.
- White sauce. This version of gravy cannot be called sour cream, because instead of this ingredient, housewives often use low-fat homemade yogurt or mayonnaise. Also, for cooking, you need 2 tablespoons of flour, 3-4 tablespoons of chicken broth or boiling water, salt, spices, bay leaf. In a dry skillet, brown the flour. Then add the broth, spices and sour cream. Stir the ingredients and simmer for 3-5 minutes. Then add the cabbage balls to the meatball sauce and cook according to the recipe.
- Mushroom. It is also a very simple and quick version of the sauce for meatballs from cabbage. For cooking, you will need 220 g of mushrooms, a small carrot, a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, a pinch of flour, salt, half a glass of milk, half onions, ground pepper, 3 tablespoons of butter and one bouillon cube. In a small frying pan, fry vegetables that have previously been well washed, peeled and grated on a coarse grater (you can bring the vegetables to softness in 6 minutes). Then send finely chopped mushrooms to them: it can be champignons, bought at the nearest supermarket, or forest mushrooms, assembled with your own hands in the nearest forest belt. Fry the mushrooms with vegetables for 6-8 minutes, then add water and the above amount of milk. Stir the ingredients, reduce the heat. Add spices and bouillon cube. Simmer over very low heat. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, melt the butter and combine it with three tablespoons of wheat flour. Using a mixer, turn the ingredients into a uniform, dense mass, pour it in a thin stream to mushrooms and vegetables. If necessary, add more salt and pepper. Stew for a couple of minutes, and then let the mushroom sauce for meatballs with cabbage cool.
- Spicy for lovers of spicy sauces. It is perfect for both vegetable and meat meatballs. In addition, it can be used for pasta, pasta with meat, stewed vegetables and so on. For cooking, you need one onion, a tablespoon of butter, half a teaspoon of saffron, a spoonful of sunflower oil, 2 teaspoons of hot paprika, salt, 120 ml of cream. Peel the onions, cut into small pieces and fry in sunflower oil until golden brown. Put the onions on a paper towel to remove excess oil. Return it back to the pan, add the cream and bring to a boil. Send there dried seasonings and spices, butter, salt. Stew for a couple of minutes. You can use this sauce for the recipe for meatballs with cabbage, which was described above. If the dish was cooked in the oven without gravy, then the sauce can be put on the table or pour the dish before serving.
Diet option
If for some reason you cannot afford to eat meat patties or vegetable dishes with fat sauce from mayonnaise and tomato paste, then you can always use the diet version of the recipe for meatballs with cabbage. The dish contains a minimal amount of calories. It can be served cold and hot. The meatballs are dietary, but very tasty.
Grocery list
You will need:
- 420 g of cabbage;
- 2 tablespoons of oatmeal;
- 120 ml of skim milk or cream;
- salt;
- a spoon of sour cream for serving;
- ground black pepper;
- a spoon of olive oil;
- two chicken eggs.
Description of the cooking process
Cabbage needs to be chopped with very fine straws and stewed in a skillet with a thick bottom for 10 minutes. Stew with water, without oil. After the specified time, add the oatmeal, salt and mix well with cabbage. After a couple of minutes, add cream or milk. Stew for another 8 minutes. Cool the cabbage and mix with two chicken eggs. Add black ground pepper. Form meatballs and cook them in the oven (you can use a special silicone mold for muffins) at a temperature of 200 degrees. Time is 25 minutes. Enjoy your meal!