Krautwickel or Stuffed Cabbage, a perfect German comfort food

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A Krautwickel or Cabbage Roll is a traditional German home cooked meal. You can add rice, but I like mine with potatoes. It’s a true German comfort meal

Perfect for lazy weekends when I feel like eating a hearty home cooked meal
Stuffed Cabbage, Krautwickel mit Kartoffelsalat

The other weekend I took advantage of the “man-is-not-at-home hour” and made my mother’s Kohlrouladen cabbage rolls – and really celebrated it! Winter vegetables arouse little enthusiasm in men. And that’s expressed nicely.

So on that Saturday I treated myself to this classic. Leaf by leaf filled the minced meat and tied into small packs. Yes, admittedly, at the end I still had a lot of cabbage rolls left over. But the good thing about it, they can be frozen.

See preparation below:

  • Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen ingredients
  • frying onion
  • Minced meat preparation
  • remove root from cabbage, Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen preparation
  • Boil cabbage
  • Lay out leaves for Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen preparation
  • Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen preperation
  • wrap Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen, preparation
  • Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen preparation
  • Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen
  • Cabbage rolls, Krautwickel, Kohlrouladen fryng in pan
  • Stuffed Cabbage, Krautwickel, mashed potatoes

Instant Pot recipe: Sear the filled cabbage rolls in the Instant pot. Remove, add 2 cups beef broth or water and a beef cube, 2 tbsp tomato puree and onions. Place the cabbage rolls on a trivet. Close the top and turn on high pressure for 13 minutes with 5 minutes slow release. Open lid, season, and thicken the gravy with the sear function, press cancel and add some cream and white wine, salt and pepper.