Meat Stuffed Cabbage with Mustard Sauce

 This recipe serves 6

Ingredients

• CABBAGE Cabbage, raw
• 1 large head green cabbage (4 lbs) ( use Savoy cabbage)
• 1 lb ground beef Beef, ground, lean, (approximately 21% fat), raw
• 1 large onion finely chopped Onions, raw
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 1 carrot, grated Carrots, raw
• ¼ lb mushrooms, chopped and sauteed lightly
• 1 cup soft bread crumbs Bread crumbs, dry, grated, plain
• 1/4 cup milk Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A
• 1 tsp salt Salt, table
• ½ tsp dried thyme Spices, thyme, ground
• ¼ tsp pepper Spices, pepper, black
• 3 slices bacon Pork, cured, bacon, raw
• 2 cups chicken stock Soup, chicken broth, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial
• MUSTARD SAUCE
• 2 tbsp butter Butter, without salt
• 2 tbsp flour Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached
• 1 ¼ cups hot cooking broth from cabbage
• 1 ½ tsp Dijon-type mustard
• 2 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley Parsley, raw
• Fresh grated nutmeg Spices, nutmeg, ground

Method

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