Pointed cabbage rolls in tomato sauce

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40 g Almond kernels without skin
Salt
75 g long grain rice
2 Heads of pointed cabbage (approx. 500 g each)
1 medium-sized onion
2–3 Garlic cloves
250 g Ground beef
1 egg (size M)
1 / 2–1 TL ground cumin
1 / 2–1 TL ground cinnamon
pepper
3–4 EL Sunflower oil
150 ml clear broth
3–4 E L Olive oil
1 TL dried oregano
1 Can (s) (850 ml) Tomatoes
1 EL Tomato paste
100 g Feta cheese
small wooden skewers

120 minutes

easy

1.: Roughly chop the almonds. Bring 200 ml of water and a little salt to the boil in a saucepan. Add the rice and almonds and cover and let soak for about 20 minutes over a low heat. Put almond - ## rice ## in a bowl and let cool down.
2.: Boil a large saucepan with plenty of salted water. Clean and wash the pointed cabbage and remove the outer leaves. Blanch the leaves in boiling salted water for 1–2 minutes. Place in a bowl with cold water.
3.: Blanch the remaining firm cabbage heads in the boiling water for 4–5 minutes. Lift out, peel off the leaves and also place in the cold water. Use pointed cabbage hearts (small inner leaves) for other purposes.
4.: First let the leaves drain well on a sieve, then on a clean tea towel. Cut the leaf veins flat. Peel the onion and garlic. Finely dice the onion, chop the garlic. Knead the mince, egg, half of the onions and garlic, cumin, ## cinnamon ##, some salt and pepper.
5.: Almond ricesubdivide. Place 2 cabbage leaves next to each other, overlapping approximately halfway. Place 1–2 tablespoons of minced meat filling on the lower end of the leaves and place the sides over the filling. Then roll up the leaves tightly and pin them with a wooden skewer.
6.: Heat the oil in a large pan, fry the rolls in two portions while turning. Season with a little salt and pepper. Put all the rolls in the pan, pour in the stock and cook covered for 10–15 minutes.
7.: Heat the olive oil in a saucepan, sauté the remaining onions, garlic and dried oregano in it. Add tomatoes, chop up a little in a saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Stir in tomato paste.
8.: Bring to the boil and cover and simmer over low heat for 5–10 minutes. Arrange the pointed cabbage rolls on a deep platter. Pour some tomato sauce over it and sprinkle with ## Feta cheese ##.
9.: Add the remaining sauce.