I recently realized that I haven´t posted a lot of Estonian dishes and as it happened very conveniently I just cooked something a few days ago and took pictures “just in case”. As a food blogger it´s habit to take pictures of everything you make. This was the meal I grew up on, basically we had ground beef based meals once per week. I guess it was the easiest for working parents to provide fast dinners.
If you like braised cabbage, you will like this dish. Easy to make, just takes some time and patients.
Makes 2 servings
Half a small cabbage
318 g ground beef
4 potatoes
salt, spices
butter for frying
Fry the ground beef. Add cabbage strips and 1/2 cup of water. Add salt, spices. Add more water (it evaporates during the braising process) if necessary. Check every 20 minutes so you won´t burn your dinner.
Braise (under the lid) in a medium low heat till the cabbage is semi soft (eatable). Took me an hour and twenty minutes.
Boil potatoes, and set aside to cool. It tastes better when potatoes are cold and the cabbage mixture is hot. That´s how I´m used to but feel free to serve with hot potatoes.
You will know when the cabbage is ready, it will turn a little bit yellow and transparent.
You can also add onions or carrots. For all of you bacon lovers, feel free to add bacon 🙂
Let me know how you liked it!
Cabbage is so good for you!
Do you also make stuffed cabbage rolls in Estonia?
Ohh riiight cabbage rolls, yes! But I wasn´t any good at making them back then. Should try again, thanks for that 😉
Oh try, they are easy! I made them at our summer house last summer and filled them with minced lamb meat, onion, herbs (don’t remember if there was anything else). I think traditionally in Finland you are supposed to add regular minced meat and rice, but I skipped the rice.
I will make them…one day, the fall laziness is sneaking up on me too 🙂