Ground Beef And Cabbage Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb ground beef (or seasoned ground lamb sausage)
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• salt & pepper, season according to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (for less heat, try 1/4 tsp.)
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce (or 16-oz. traditional-style spaghetti sauce)
• 4 cups shredded cabbage
• 2 1/2 tablespoons kraft grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet, brown the ground beef; drain off the excess grease.
• 2 add beef back to the skillet, then add the onion, garlic, salt & pepper, and the red pepper flakes.
• 3 add the tomato sauce, stir and heat the tomato/beef mixture, over low heat.
• 4 at this point, set the oven temp to 350 degrees.
• 5 spray the inside of a 2-1/2 quart casserole baking dish, with a no-stick cooking spray.
• 6 add 2 cups of the shredded cabbage to the casserole baking dish.
• 7 add half of the tomato/beef mixture, over the shredded cabbage.
• 8 repeat layer of cabbage and tomato/beef mixture.
• 9 sprinkle casserole with the parmesan cheese.
• 10 cover, and bake in oven for 45 minutes.
• 11 note: i have made this dish substituting seasoned ground lamb sausage for the ground beef, and also substituting traditional-style spaghetti sauce for the tomato sauce, which also made for a delicious tasting casserole. the seasoned lamb sausage i used, already had salt, coarse cracked pepper, dried sage, and fresh garlic added to it. all was mixed in a meat grinder.