Traditional Polish Golabki

What does it include?

Ingredients

• 1 kg of cabbage
• 30g butter
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 500 g ground beef
• 250 g ground pork
• 200 g cooked rice
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 10 g of salt
• 2 g black pepper
• 400 ml tomato puree

How to prepare it step by step?

Preparation

1. Boil lightly salted water in a large pot.
2. Add the head of cabbage and cook until the leaves soften enough to remove, about 3 minutes.
3. Remove the cabbage and let cool until you can handle the leaves, about 10 minutes.
4. Separate 25 whole leaves, removing the thick, hard central rib of each leaf.
5. In a frying pan, melt the butter and sauté the onion and garlic until golden.
6. Mix the beef and pork with the rice, salt, and pepper.
7. Fill each cabbage leaf with the meat and rice mixture, rolling and folding the edges inward.
8. Place the rolls in a pot, cover with the tomato puree, and cook over low heat for 45 minutes until they are cooked through and juicy.