I don't bother with the cabbage leafs except for special occasions.I use McSweens. But before that was widely available I experimented with my own recipes. I found the trick was using allspice.
(My granny would always add a little allspice to scotch broth, so it’s a familiar flavour to me).
you're a better woman than me, I just bought one in tescoThe recipe that dessiato has posted looks delicious. But despite having plenty of time on my hands AND happening to have a savoy cabbage in the pantry, it is a little bit too involved for me.
I looked at various recipes in preparation for today, and have decided to make my own experimental version of some sort of lentil, oats, porcini mushroom mash-up with allspice and lots of black pepper.
you're a better woman than me, I just bought one in tesco
Green lentils, porcini mushrooms, finely chopped toasted cashews, chopped rolled oats, instead of the carrot that features in many recipes I used leftover roasted sweet potato. Onion, garlic, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, mushroom soaking liquid, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, salt and lots and lots of pepper. Some more pepper. Another few grinds of pepper. Knob of butter.
Won't bake it, because I often find that mixtures like this lose some of their deliciousness in the baking process.