Oven dishes
Cabbage roll lasagna in casserole
This is where cabbage roll filling and lasagna idea come together: leaves instead of pasta sheets, minced meat, tomato sauce and cheese in the casserole. No classic cabbage rolls and no normal lasagna - but a hearty fusion casserole from the oven.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 25 minutes
- Baking time: approx. 40-45 minutes
- Total: approx. 70 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 840 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 40.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 24.5 g
- Fat
- ≈ 61 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 small white cabbage · ≈ 1000.0 g
- 1 egg · ≈ 50.0 g
- 1 onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs · ≈ 30.0 g
- 2 tbsp tomato paste · ≈ 30.0 g
- 2 tbsp oil · ≈ 27.3 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 small white cabbage
- 500 g minced meat mixed
- 1 egg
- 1 onion
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 400 ml pureed tomatoes
- 200 ml cream or sour cream
- 150g grated cheese
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Salt
- pepper
- Paprika powder
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C top/bottom heat.
- Remove the cabbage leaves from the stalk, blanch in boiling salted water for 3-5 minutes until they are pliable, drain and allow to cool slightly.
- Finely dice the onion and fry in oil.
- Mix the minced meat with egg, breadcrumbs, onion, salt, pepper and paprika.
- Briefly roast the tomato paste and mix it with the pureed tomatoes and cream to make a sauce.
- Spread a baking dish with some sauce.
- Layer cabbage leaves with minced meat and sauce, like for lasagna - each layer should be well covered with sauce.
- Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 40-45 minutes until the top is golden brown.
