Recipe - Stuffed Cabbage With Rice And Pine Nuts Avgolemono

2 md Cabbage heads
3 tablespoon Clarified butter
1 md Onion; chopped fine
1 cup Water
1 cup Raw long grain rice
One fourth cup Raisins or currants
One half cup Pine nuts
One fourth cup Chopped fresh parsley
One fourth cup Chopped fresh dill
Salt & freshly ground pepper
3 Eggs
1 Lemon, juice only
2 tablespoon Butter; cut into bits

Plunge cabbages into boiling salted water and cook about 8 minutes, then
drain thoroughly and set aside while you prepare the filling. In a heavy
skillet heat the clarified butter, add the chopped onions and cook until
soft and transparent. Add the water and bring to a boil, then add the rice
and stir. Lower the heat and simmer gently until the rice has absorbed the
liquid, approximately 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add the raisins or
currants, pine nuts, parsley, dill and season with salt and pepper. Cool.
Separate 2 of the eggs and mix the egg whites into filling. Reserve the
yolks for the avgolemono. Stuff and roll the cabbage leaves, using one
heaping tablespoon filling, roll up snugly, then place, seam side down, in
a casserole. Dot with butter and add water to cover, then cover cabbage
rolls with an inverted plate and cover casserole. Simmer for approximately
1 hour, then transfer to a warm serving dish and keep warm. Strain the
remaining liquid for the avgolemono sauce. Beat the remaining eggs and
yolks for 2 minutes. Continuing to beat, gradually add the lemon juice.
Then add the 1One half cups cooking liquid by droplets, beating steadily, until
all has been added. Cook over hot water, not boiling, stirring constantly
until the sauce thickens enough to coat a spoon. Pour over the cabbage
rolls and serve hot. From: "The Food of Greece" by Vilma Liacouras
Chantiles, Avenel Books, New York.

Typed for you by Karen Mintzias
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #228

Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:01:29 0400

From: Luke Murden lmurden@visi.net