"kraut & rueben"

the last delivery of the veggie basket has been arriving last week. roots and shoots with cabbage and carrots. what to do and have for dinner... a couple weeks ago i stumbled across this cook book and took it home, as there seemed to be a hand full of nice winter recipes in it. i have been making a cabbage creme soup with dried tomatoes and parmesan which everyone loved and i will definitely make it again. a wonderful way to use up the stockpile of cabbage in our garden shed.
so here i am with the inspiration of a "krautstrudel mit hackfleisch" a simple strudel dough is quickly made, the tricky part with that dough is, that it has to be rolled and pulled very thinly. i had to give it a second try, as i used not enough flour the first round of rolling it out paper thin. brushing it with a coat of butter was fun and thea loved to help with that chore.
while i was working to roll out the dough, the veggies and ground beef was lightly cooking and was just perfect to put on and roll it all up to be put into the oven. a few coats of butter while it was baking made the outer most layer.

served with a bit of sour creme and the wonderful dark greens, sprouts, cress and some cutting greens a real "weedy salad" as the boys called it. a wonderful meal and i will do it again.