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California Red Wines |
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Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best-known California red wines. It is robust in flavor and very dark red in color. This wine goes well with pasta, meat, and many kinds of seafood. Merlot is a full-bodied red with a deep red color. It is very good with red meat and stands up well to rich meat dishes. Pinot Noir is slightly more muted in flavor and lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. Fish, pasta, and some beef recipes go well with Pinot Noir.
Syrah comes in various shades of red is but similar in some ways to Pinot Noir. Syrah is great with Cuban or Mexican dishes or anything spicy or very flavorful. Red Zinfandel goes with almost anything, from fish, pizza, spicy food to filet mignon. It is common to find Red Zinfandel on restaurant wine lists through the United States because it is pleasant in flavor and pairs well with so many different foods.
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Photo Description:
A Picture of Stuffed Cabbage Recipe with Pork Mince and Red Wine - This stuffed cabbage recipe is as big on taste as it is on the wonderful presentation using stuffed cabbage head as the bowl for the pork mince and red wine sauces.
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Stuffed Cabbage Recipes |
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Cabbage is very versatile. You might remember unappetizing mounds of it sitting on your plate in childhood but in fact you can do plenty with this tasty green vegetable. Here is one of many delicious and healthy stuffed cabbage recipes:
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Stuffed Cabbage Recipe with Pork Mince and Red Wine |
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1½ lbs pork mince
½ cup rice
2 tablespoons paprika
1 cup red wine
2 cups tomato juice
20 oz sauerkraut
1 pint sour cream
1 large whole cabbage
¾ cup green bell pepper, chopped
1 large onion, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
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Cook the rice for 10 minutes then drain it and set aside. Wash the cabbage and remove its core, leaving the base and outside whole (you should remove about a fourth from the middle). Place it in boiling salted water so that it is completely covered. With a knife and fork, remove more of the central leaves as they wilt but leave enough so the cabbage is strong enough to maintain its shape and hold a filling. After 45 minutes, drain the cabbage.
Heat the oven to 325ºF. In a bowl, combine the pork, seasonings, rice, sauerkraut, tomato juice, red wine and green pepper. Stir this mixture well and use it to stuff the cabbage. You might want to use wooden kebab skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes beforehand, if the cabbage loses its shape, to hold it together.
Place the cabbage in a roasting pan. Fill the pan with an inch of water. Cover and bake for about an hour and a half or until everything is cooked through. Remove and spread the sour cream on the top of the cabbage filling. Bake for 5 minutes more to melt it through the meat mixture.
Serves 6
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Which Wine to Serve with This Recipe
A soft and fruity wine is the perfect accompaniment to this stuffed cabbage head recipe and other stuffed cabbage recipes, such as Hungarian stuffed cabbage or Polish stuffed cabbage. If you are making crockpot stuffed cabbage, you will need to stuff the leaves individually unless your crockpot is huge.
With pork mince recipes, you can serve either white or red wine, depending on the other ingredients. For the above dish, a Chardonnay or Pinot Gris is ideal if you prefer white wine. These should be served at 50ºF. If you prefer a fruity red, choose something like Pinot Noir, which is best served at 55ºF.
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Stuffed Cabbage and California Wine
If you are stuffing cabbage with a pork or beef mince, a fruity red California wine, such as Pinot Noir or Merlot goes very well, as they do with many pork mince recipes. A stuffed cabbage head recipe can also be a great meal for vegetarians if you stuff it with rice, vegetables, and a tangy tomato sauce. In this case, a Sauvignon Blanc would be a good white wine to serve with it. Both Hungarian stuffed cabbage, with its traditional beef, rice, onion, and tomato filling, and Polish stuffed cabbage, with its pork, rice, onion, and tomato stuffing suit fruity red California wines, such as Merlot. A spicy Syrah will also go well with these.
Other stuffed cabbage recipes, such as the many different crockpot stuffed cabbage recipes available, might need something a little different. If you are using pork or beef, a fruity red wine will usually be perfect. If you are using chicken, fish or vegetables in your stuffed cabbage recipe, a dry white such as Sauvignon Blanc might be the best to select.
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