sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth)
sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth)

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sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth) Sigrun German, living in England. It was however taken long time ago to Ireland by German settlers. See recipes for John Legend's Macaroni and Cheese (Modified) too. Brown the cabbage rolls on two sides in the bacon fat.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have sig's rags and fleas( german cabbage and meat broth) using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth):
  1. Make ready Rags and Fleas
  2. Get For the Rags and Fleas takes its name from the rag resembling torn cabbage and the cumin seeds that look like fleas. :-)
  3. Prepare This dish is traditionally eaten in Hessen in Germany. It was however taken long time ago to Ireland by German settlers. Legend has it that this dish is forerunner of Irish Stew.
  4. Make ready mutton cubed, but lamb or beef can be used
  5. Take cabbage of choice, shredded or torn finely
  6. Make ready vegetable stock cube
  7. Prepare cumin seeds
  8. Prepare good pinch of salt (optional)
  9. Get of fresh ground black pepper or cayenne pepper
  10. Take of water
  11. Take little dumplings known as snowballs
  12. Make ready waxy not softboiling potatoes
  13. Prepare onion chopped very finely
  14. Get bunch of parsley,chopped very finely
  15. Get of softened butter
  16. Take eggs
  17. Prepare -2 tablespoons of plain flour
  18. Get each salt, pepper, nutmeg and marjoram

However, it's a local favorite and one of the most traditional. Whisk the cornstarch and cold water together, then add to the pan with beef broth. Add a touch of salt and pepper to the pan, and whisk continuously to form a gravy, and allow to simmer for a few minutes until thickened. Pour hot gravy over the cooked cabbage rolls, sprinkle with crunchy bacon, and serve immediately.

Steps to make sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth):
  1. clean and shred the cabbage, cube the meat into mouth sized pieces, add into a pot with the water, add stockcube, salt, pepper and cumin.Simmer slowly for 2 hours until meat is tender. ( or use your crockpot on low to medium)
  2. season with salt, pepper if needed and add more cumin seeds if liked
  3. serve with rustic bread , a cold lager or pilsner goes down well with this
  4. for the dumplings. Normally these are made with white potatoes but I needed to use up some purple potatoes, they came out this colour by the time I added all ingredients.
  5. boil potatoes the day before eating in their skins and peel.The next day mash them down preferably through a potato ricer.
  6. gently heat the butter and soften onions and parsley for about 5 minutes. Add this to the potatoes. First add one egg one after the other stirring it in. Add flour, stir in, add herbs and spices, stir in well.
  7. boil in a large pot salted water with wet hands make little balls drop them gently into simmering water for about 15 minutes, serve with Rags and Fleas or any other stew like dish.

Add a touch of salt and pepper to the pan, and whisk continuously to form a gravy, and allow to simmer for a few minutes until thickened. Pour hot gravy over the cooked cabbage rolls, sprinkle with crunchy bacon, and serve immediately. So cabbage, especially red cabbage, is one of man's best friends - a superfood. And here is a delicious, traditional German way of preparing it. Butter, apples, vinegar, red currant jam, bay leaves, cloves and juniper berries are some of the ingredients that mingle to include this unforgettable side dish.

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