Golabki (cabbage roll)
Ingredients:
- Cabbage - 1
- Butter - 2 tbs
- Onion - 1 chopped
- Ground Beef - 1 lb
- Ground Pork - 1/2 lb
- Rice - 1 1/2 cups
- Garlic - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Black Pepper - 1/4 tsp
- Tomato Puree - 3 cans
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil
- Place cabbage head into water, cover pot, and cook until cabbage leaves are slightly softened enough to remove from head, 3 minutes
- Remove cabbage from pot and let cabbage sit until leaves are cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes
- Remove 18 whole leaves from the cabbage head, cutting out any thick tough center ribs
- Set whole leaves aside
- Chop the remainder of the cabbage head and spread it in the bottom of a casserole dish
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- Cook and stir onion in hot butter until tender, 5 to 10 minutes
- Cool
- Stir onion, beef, pork, rice, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
- Place about 1/2 cup beef mixture on a cabbage leaf
- Roll cabbage around beef mixture, tucking in sides to create an envelope around the meat
- Repeat with remaining leaves and meat mixture
- Place cabbage rolls in a layer atop the chopped cabbage in the casserole dish; season rolls with salt and black pepper
- Whisk tomato soup, tomato juice, and ketchup together in a bowl
- Pour tomato soup mixture over cabbage rolls and cover dish wish aluminum foil
- Bake in the preheated oven until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked through, about 1 hour