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Baked Cabbage


Baked Cabbage
Description servings: 4
calories: high
category: vegetables
cost: medium
difficulty: easy
preparation time: 70
 
Ingredients Savoy cabbage  500 gr.
Meat or soup cube broth  1 and 3/4 litres
Left over bread  12 slices
Butter  60 gr.
Fontina Valdostana  150 gr.
Salt  to taste
Pepper  to taste
Nutmeg  to taste
Parmesan cheese  50 gr.

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Preparation Remove the leaves from the Savoy cabbage. Wash them and cut them into strips. Boil them in hot broth, drain and put the broth aside.

Arrange the left-over slices of bread in a buttered oven-proof dish and cover each layer with slices of Fontina cheese, Savoy cabbage, grated Parmesan cheese, knobs of half the butter, salt, pepper and nutmeg.

End up with a layer of bread. Pour the broth into the oven-proof dish without covering the layers completely. Spray the top with grated Parmesan cheese. Melt the remaining butter in a saucepan and pour it over the top layer. Put the dish into the oven for 40 minutes until a golden crust has formed. Serve it in the dish directly on the table.
 
The Chef's tips Blanc de Morgex is a dry white wine leaving a sensation of hay and mountain herbs with a slight taste of bitter almonds, to be served at 8 to 10°C.
 
Curiosity This soup comes originally from the northern part of the Val d'Aosta and it is pleasant to eat in the cold winter evenings in front of the fire.