Saute sliced or diced onion and salt on high heat until glassy/translucent look.
Meanwhile the onion is cooking, quickly dice the cabbage up.
Add the cabbage to the onion.
Saute the cabbage with the onion until it collapses into half of its original size and gets some golden brown color.
Empty the frying pan into a casserole dish.
On medium to high heat brown the ground meat.
Once the meat is browned, add tomato sauce, put the lid halfway on. On medium heat cook about a quarter of water content off so we get a nice thick sauce. It should take about 15 - 25 minutes.
Mix the sauce with the cabbage.
Add selection of grated cheese and mozzarella on top.
Set the broiler to maximum and put the cabbage casserole on the top shelf until the cheese melts and gets some golden brown spots for about 10 - 15 minutes.
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Bolognese sauce
Render the fat out of the bacon, pancetta or guanciale then on high heat saute onion, carrot and the celery stalks until the onion gets glassy / translucent look for about 5 minutes.
Add ground beef and cook it until it is browned for about 10 - 15 minutes.
Add the water or wine, diced or mashed tomatoes, salt, black pepper and milk. Mix it well together, put the lid on and simmer it for at least 1½ hours but know that its true nature shines through after 4 hours on the low heat, stirring occasionally.
Add tomato sauce about 20 minutes before the end and reduce its water content by at least a quarter.
Cabbage casserole
Saute sliced or diced onion and salt on high heat until glassy/translucent look.
Add cabbage and saute until it collapses into about half of its original size and gets some golden brown color.
Empty the frying pan into a casserole dish.
Mix the sauce with the cabbage.
Add selection of grated cheese and mozzarella on top.
Set the broiler to maximum and put the cabbage casserole on the top shelf until the cheese melts and gets some golden brown spots, for about 10 - 15 minutes.
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Bolognese sauce
For more detailed instructions check out: How to Make Bolognese Sauce
Render the fat out of the bacon, pancetta or guanciale then on high heat saute onion, carrot and the celery stalks until the onion gets glassy / translucent look for about 5 minutes.
Add ground beef and cook it until it is browned, for about 10 - 15 minutes.
Add the water or wine, diced or mashed tomatoes, salt, black pepper and milk. Mix it well together, put the lid on and simmer it for at least 1½ hours but know that its true nature shines through after 4 hours on the low heat, stirring occasionally.
Add tomato sauce about 20 minutes before the end and reduce its water content by at least a quarter.
Rice
In a saucepan add 4 times as much water as the rice and bring it to boil. (Recent studies shows that cooking the rice this way greatly reduces its cyanide content)
Add the rice then cook it for 5 minutes then discard the water.
Add twice as much water as the rice into the saucepan then bring it to boil with the lid on.
Once the water is boiling reduce the heat and cook the rice until the water is soaked up by the rice.
Mix the rice with the tomato and bolognese sauce.
Cabbage casserole
Saute sliced or diced onion and salt on high heat until glassy/translucent look.
Add cabbage and saute until it collapses into about half of its original size and gets some golden brown color.
Empty the frying pan into a casserole dish.
Assembly
Mix the sauce and rice with the cabbage.
Add selection of grated cheese and mozzarella on top.
Set the broiler to maximum and put the cabbage casserole on the top shelf until the cheese melts and gets some golden brown spots, for about 10 - 15 minutes.