Grandma's Casserole

Ingredients

• 600 g potatoes (cooked in skin, peeled and sliced)
• 3 carrots (cut into cubes)
• 400 g ground beef
• 1 tsp Mustard
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 onions (finely chopped)
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 Tbsp clarified butter
• 1 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 tsp dried marjoram
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 400 g cabbage (cut into strips)
• Salt
• black pepper (freshly ground)
• 150 ml white wine
• 200 g grated Gruyère cheese (or Appenzeller, etc.)

Instructions

1. 1.

   Sauté onions and bay leaf in clarified butter; press in garlic and add the beef and carrots, stirring. Mix in mustard, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and herbs.

2. 2.

   Blanch cabbage in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, drain, rinse with cold water, and let it dry.

3. 3.

   Place cabbage in a greased baking dish, layer the meat mixture over it, then top with potatoes. Season with salt and pepper, pour white wine over, and sprinkle grated cheese on top.

4. 4.

   Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for about 40 minutes until golden and bubbly.