Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Recipe

1 lb of minced meat
1 oz of butter
1 teaspoon of chopped parsley
Some chopped mint (optional)
2 tablespoons of cooked rice
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon of sieved boiled onion
A pinch of mixed spice
A little stock or gravy
12 medium-seized cabbage leaves

Fry up the mince and cook lightly whilst stirring frequently so that the juices of the meat are absorbed.  Then add in the butter.  Mix in the herbs, rice, seasoning, onion and spice plus the stock and allow to cook for a further 5 minutes.  Whilst this is cooking, you can be blanching the cabbage leaves by placing them in boiling water for a couple of minutes, then drain them.  Put a spoonful of the filling into each of the cabbage leaves and roll it up to create a little package.  Position each of the packages closely together in a casserole dish with stock, cover it and cook for 45 minutes at 350F.

Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe

6 large mushrooms
1 lb of sausage meat
2 oz of breadcrumbs
1 oz suet or shortening
Seasoning
Parsley
Egg to bind
2 oz butter

Take the skins off the mushrooms and remove the stalks.  Place them in a basin and pour boiling water over them.  Allow them to soak for a couple of minutes before removing them from the water and then allow them to drain.  Take the sausage meat and form it into flat cakes and place the mushrooms on top.  The mix the mushroom stalks that have been chopped, parsley, a little bit of egg and then stuff the mixture into each of the mushrooms.  Place some butter on top of each mushroom before baking them in an oven that's been heated to 425F for half an hour.

Stuffed Pimentos Recipe

Cut the tops off some large green or red pimentos and the remove the seeds.  Chop the top slices finely along with 2-3 onions then cook it up in some butter and oil.  Make a tomato sauce using fresh tomatoes and then add in the pepper and onion mixture.

Cook up a handful of rice in the tomato sauce until tender then season it well.  Stuff the peppers with this mixture and moisten them with some stock.  Place the peppers in a dish with some butter and cook them over a low heat on top of the stove.  Finish off the cooking by placing them in an oven at 350 F.