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Savory Cabbage Strudel
2017-01-18 13:42:06
Makes 4 Strudels
Ingredients
- 1 Head Green Cabbage, shredded
- 1 Sweet Onion, medium, finely sliced
- 1 cup Carrots, julienned
- 6 Bacon strips, cut in ¼ pieces
- To taste Salt and pepper
- 8 Sheets Filo dough (typical sheet size is approximately 10” x 12”
- 2 sticks Butter, melted
- 2 cups Marinara or Pasta Sauce of Choice
Instructions
- In a medium size sauce pot or large skillet, cook bacon pieces until crisp
- Add onions to bacon and the resulting grease and continue to cook while stirring until the onions are soft
- Add the carrots and cabbage to the mixture and cook while stirring until the cabbage is tender
- Turn out the cooked vegetable mixture into a large bowl, season with salt and pepper and allow it to cool
- Pre-heat an oven to 400 F
- Melt butter
- Unfold filo sheets onto a flat working surface
- Lightly brush butter on one sheet then place a second sheet on top. Butter the second sheet also
- Strain off any excess juices from the cooled cabbage mixture then place ¼ of the cabbage mixture in a tube like shape along the bottom edge of the narrow end of the buttered filo sheets
- Fold the bottom edge of the filo dough over the cabbage and roll forward and away from you to create a large egg roll tube-like strudel shape
- Repeat for the remaining mixture and strudel dough sheets and place each, seam side down, on a non-stick baking sheet
- Brush the tops of each strudel with the remaining melted butter and bake in a 400 F oven until medium brown (approximately 20 minutes).
- Serve the strudels with heated marinara or pasta sauce
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