Middle Eastern Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Name: Middle Eastern Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Ingredients: 8 large green cabbage leaves; 6 ounces sweet turkey Italian sausage (about 2 links); 2 cups chopped onion; 1 1/2 tablespoons pine nuts; Cooking spray; 1/2 cup uncooked converted rice; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice; 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/2 cup water; 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce

12 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

8 large green cabbage leaves
6 ounces sweet turkey Italian sausage (about 2 links)
2 cups chopped onion
1 1/2 tablespoons pine nuts
Cooking spray
1/2 cup uncooked converted rice
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 cup water
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce

Directions

1

Steam the cabbage leaves, covered, 3 minutes or until tender. Keep warm.
2

Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage, onion, and nuts in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat 6 minutes or until the sausage is browned, stirring to crumble. Stir in rice and next 4 ingredients (rice through cumin); cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Place the mixture in a medium bowl; cool slightly.
3

Place 1/4 cup sausage mixture in center of each cabbage leaf. Fold in edges of leaves; roll up. Place cabbage rolls, seam sides down, in pan. Combine water and tomato sauce; pour over rolls. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until the rice is done.