Cabbage in a Cabbage Cloak
Description
A delicious appetizer for any gathering. I'll share more details below. Serve with herbs and sauce.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare all the ingredients.
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Step 2
Thinly shred the white cabbage. Add salt. Mix and gently squeeze with your hands so the cabbage settles and releases its juice.
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Step 3
Peel the carrots and beets and grate them. I use a Korean-style carrot grater. Cut the cucumber and bell pepper into matchsticks. Finely chop the parsley and press the garlic through a garlic press.
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Step 4
Mix everything.
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Step 5
Then prepare the Napa cabbage. Separate it into individual leaves and blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes until softened. Drain the water and let the cabbage leaves cool.
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Step 6
Place a little vegetable filling on a napa cabbage leaf. Roll it into a roll and tuck in the edges, as you would for stuffed cabbage rolls.
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Step 7
Repeat with the remaining sheets until the filling is used up.
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Step 8
Pack a clean jar tightly with vegetable rolls.
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Step 9
Add sugar and vinegar to the remaining vegetable juice, pour in water. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
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Step 10
Pour the resulting brine into the jar so that it completely covers the rolls. If they float to the surface, weigh them down from above with a weight.
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Step 11
Leave at room temperature for 3 days. Then refrigerate for storage.
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Step 12
The cabbage in a cabbage cloak is ready.
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Step 13
Enjoy your meal!