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Rullader is simply browned small rolled pork and is extremely delicious in my opinion (and the family) but what made it really special was the sauce that was just full of flavor. This was our Sunday dinner today along with Crash Hot Potatoes from The Pioneer Woman’s website and a simple fresh fruit salad of watermelon, cantaloupe melon and grapes.

Ingredients:
Makes 20 rullader, serves 5-6

• 2 1/2 lb. bonless pork roast
• salt/pepper

Sauce:

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 T karo syrup
• 1 T bouillion (Better Than Bouillion)
• 1/4 C red wine
• 2 C water
• 1 tsp black pepper

Do this:

Cut pork into 1/4″ slices cutting across the meat. Pound with a meat tenderizer on both side of each peice. Roll tightly securing with 2 toothpicks and brown both sides in oil until dark brown. Place browned rullader on platter and cover to keep warm while you make the sauce. Reserve any oil and browned bits in the pan and saute the onions until translucent. Drizzle onions with Karo syrup and let boil for a couple of minutes then add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10 minutes to evaporate the wine’s alcohol adding more water as necessary. Thicken sauce with a tablespoon of flour (Wondra) and pour over rullader. 
Cut pork into 1.4″ slices and pound both sides with meat tenderizer

Roll each slice and secure with 2 toothpicks

Brown the rolled meat in oil until well browned on both sides

Pour sauce over browned rullader

Crash Hot Potatoes

Fruit salad

This was a tasty meal on this cool and rainy Sunday. The rosemary and thyme spices added a nice flavor to the pork and the bow tie pasta made the meal a bit more special. Fresh asparagus is in season and readily available so I used it for the vegetable… it was pencil thin and extremely tender.
Recipe adapted from Swedish food blog Kryddburken

Ingredients:
Serves 10

• 2 lbs. pork tenderloin
• 1 tsp karo syrup, white
• 1 leek sliced and quartered
• 2 T beef bouillon (Better Than Bouillon)
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp rosemary
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2-3 C water
• 1 C whipping cream
• 1 can mushrooms

Do this:
Cut pork into small pieces and brown small amounts at a time in frying pan using half oil and half margarine. Pour the syrup on the meat while browning as it helps with browning. After all meat has browned, add the water, chopped leek, spices and bouillon – simmer for 45-60 minutes in covered dutch oven. You may add more water if sauce evaporates. Add the cream and drained mushrooms before serving and thicken sauce with flour.
Serve with bow tie pasta, fresh asparagus and green salad.

 Brown the pork in oil and margarine. Adding a small amount of Karo syrup helps with the browning

 Place the browned pork in a dutch oven

 Slice the leek and then cut in quarters

 Fresh asparagus made a nice compliment to this meal

 Add the mushrooms and cream then thicken sauce with flour

My first experience with this casserole was in Sweden at my Mother-in- laws and really really liked it. The Swedish name for this casserole is kålpudding – pronounced koal pudding – kål means cabbage.
Give this a try – I promise you will love it!
 

Fry chopped cabbage in 3 T margarine until partially wilted

Add the dark syrup and water to the cabbage

Water has evaporated and cabbage is now ready for the casserole dish

Combine ingredients with ground pork and ground beef

Add meat on first layer of cabbage

All 3 layers done and ready for the oven

Out of the oven!

Ingredients:
6 servings

Cabbage:

• 2 lb. whole cabbage
• 3 T margarine
• 2 T dark syrup
• 1/2 C water

Meat:

• 1/2 lb. ground pork
• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 diced onion, saute in margarine
• 1/4 C cooked rice
• 1 egg
• 1/2 C milk
• salt/pepper

Do this:
Chop cabbage into 2″ pieces and fry in margarine until partially wilted. Add dark syrup, water and simmer until water is almost evaporated.
Combine ground meat, sauteed onions, rice, egg and milk. In greased 2 quart baking dish layer half of the cabbage, then all the meat for second layer and the rest of the cabbage for the top layer. Bake in preheated 375º oven for 45 minutes.
Serve with boiled potatoes and salad.