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Gringo Cabbage

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Course Main Course, Side Dish
Keyword Family Recipe, St. John's Lutheran Church 100th Anniversary Cookbook - 1982
Servings 6 servings
Author Ardis Horn

Ingredients

  • 1 head medium cabbage coarsely chopped
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup buttered cracker crumbs
  • ⅓ cup butter or margarine
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • ⅛ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1½ cups milk

Instructions

  • Place chopped cabbage in pot with ½ tsp. salt, cover with boiling water.
  • Boil 7 minutes and drain.
  • Place half of cabbage in a buttered rectangular baking dish.
  • Make white sauce as follows: melt butter in skillet; add flour, slowly add milk.
  • Cook and stir until thick, and add salt (½ tsp.) and cayenne pepper.
  • Pour half of white sauce over cabbage, sprinkle with ½ cup Parmesan cheese and ½ cup cracker crumbs.
  • Layer remaining cabbage and white sauce over mixture.
  • Again sprinkle with cheese and cracker crumbs.
  • Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
  • Cut in 3 inch squares for serving.

Notes

Serves 6. (May use microwave to cut baking time.)