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We recommend unsalted butter to be heart healthy and also because the Italian sausage is high in sodium, however, you can use regular butter if you so desire since the only seasoning added after is black pepper.

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Ingredients To Gather

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

• 1 pound fresh sweet Italian pork sausages or bulk sausage meat

• 1 large green or Savoy cabbage (2 pounds), cored and thickly shredded

• Freshly ground black pepper

• Crusty bread and coarse mustard, for serving

Step By Step Directions To Follow

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and butter a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking dish. If using sausages, remove casings and discard them.
2. Place cabbage in boiling water, cover, and let water come back to the boil. Uncover and boil for 3 minutes. Drain cabbage in a colander and run cold water over it to stop cooking. Drain well.
3. Put about 1/3 of the cabbage in buttered dish and cover with 1/2 the meat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dot with butter. Repeat, ending with a final layer of cabbage, and dot top with butter.
4. Cover dish tightly with a layer of parchment paper, then top with a lid or a layer of aluminum foil. Cook for about 2 1/2 hours, until top is lightly browned. After 2 hours, uncover the dish; if there is a lot of liquid in the bottom, leave uncovered for the rest of the cooking time. If not, re-cover and finish cooking.

Serve with wheat bread. We know it sounds weird…but, eating this casserole on top of pieces of wheat bread is actually delicious. It'll be an uncommon, fun, new, experience.

Let Us Know How You Eat It!

~*~ Happy Cooking & Enjoy ~*~

Article Source: Smitten Kitchen