Golabki Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipes

GOLABKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• For the sauce: Heat up tomatoes in a saucepan over medium-low heat until they begin to boil, then remove them from the heat. With an immersion blender, blend in cubed butter one piece at a time until the sauce is smooth and emulsified. Season with salt and a dash of cayenne if you like it a little spicy, but not enough to scare your Mom-Mom.
• For the cabbage: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Slice off the bottom of the cabbage head and insert the knife around the core to make a square of insertions into the core of the cabbage. (Do not completely core the cabbage.)
• When the pot is boiling gently, drop the cabbage head in and boil it until outer leaves are softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the cabbage head and wait a minute for it to cool, then begin to gently peel the outer leaves away. When the leaves are no longer soft and they become hard to peel, place the cabbage head back into the boiling water for another 4 to 5 minutes. Repeat removing the leaves and then boiling the cabbage until you get down to the core or the leaves become too small. (It's a good idea to boil extra cabbage leaves so you have the extras just in case the leaves rip.)
• Saute onions with a dash of canola oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat until onions are translucent. Combine sauteed onions with cooked white rice and allow to cool.
• Combine ground beef, pork, veal, eggs, onion and rice mixture and salt and pepper in a large stainless steel bowl. Mix until well combined, then set aside. (We'll call this the filling from here out.)
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place 1/4 cup filling into the bottom of a cabbage leaf. Tuck the sides of the leaf in and roll the leaf up and over and make a small package. Place the finished roll seam-side down in a 12-by-10-inch baking pan that's at least 2 1/2 inches deep. Continue with the remaining leaves and filling and tuck them tightly into the baking pan. Pour 1 inch vegetable stock into the bottom of the baking pan. Cover the cabbage rolls with a sheet of parchment paper, then cover in foil. Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove cabbage rolls from the oven and turn it down to 325 degrees F. Take off (but reserve) foil and parchment paper. Pour off the vegetable stock (no need to save it; it'll taste like cabbage water...yum). Top the drained cabbage leaves with just enough tomato sauce to coat the top of the cabbage and make a small pool under the rolls. Replace the parchment paper and foil and bake the cabbage rolls 45 minutes more.
• Serve the finished golabki by topping them with a ladle of the reserved sauce, a little fresh dill, and a dollop of sour cream.

STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS (GOLABKI)

Steps:

• In a large bowl add mix Chop Meat, Egg, and Salt and Pepper then add the Rice.
• Add one can of Tomato soup to chop meat mixture, mix well.
• Set mixture until ready to stuff the cabbage leaves.
• To prepare the Cabbage leaves – Boil water in a pot big enough to hold a head of cabbage.
• Then cut out the core of the cabbage and place the head of cabbage in the hot water then wait 2-3 minutes take out cabbage and start removing the outer leaves – set them aside.
• Repeat until all leaves are removed.
• Starting with the larger leaves place around 1/3 cup of the filler mixture in center of leave.
• Fold leave in half- Tuck in the left and right side of leave and then roll the rest of the way.
• Repeat until leaves or mixture is finished (as the leaves get smaller use less filler).
• If you cook on top of stove method- Line bottom of pot with any leftover un-stuffed leaves to prevent burning of stuffed cabbage.
• Then line pot with a row of stuffed cabbage and add some tomato soup.
• Repeat until you placed all stuffed cabbage in the pot.
• Cook on a simmer for around 1 ½ hour.
• If you use the Oven or a Roasting Oven – Pre-heat oven to 375’ – in a baking dish line stuffed cabbage in rows then add tomato soup for each row – Cook for 1 hour with a lid then remove lid and cook ½ hour more (except don’t remove lid in the roasting oven).
• Enjoy.

CABBAGE ROLLS / GOLABKI / STUFFED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Parboil cabbage in a large pot, removing leafs as they fall off into the water and are tender.
• Cook till all leaves are tender, but not ripping apart; usually 15.
• Run under cold water and drain.
• Cut the thick membrane off back of each leaf.
• While cabbage is cooking saute onion in butter until lightly browned.
• Put all the uncooked meat into a large mixing bowl add eggs.
• Add the sauteed onions.
• Next add salt pepper, celery salt, parsley, nutmeg, and Worcestershire sauce along with the cooked rice.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Lay out leaves and depending upon their size, place 2-3 tablespoons of meat mixture on the wider side.
• Roll leaf up and over meat, tuck in sides of leaf, and continue to roll to use all leaves and stuffing.
• Place rolls, seam down into a greased roasting pan.
• Then layer carrots and mushrooms over cabbage.
• Mix together the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, water and brown sugar and pour evenly over all the rolls.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and bay leaves.
• Cover roaster and bake 325°F for 2- 21/2 hours.
• Half way through baking check to make sure there's enough liquid; additional water can be added.
• To serve, spoon sauce over rolls.
• Serve with mashed potatoes!
• Check my recipes for garlic mashed potatoes. http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/garlic-masshed-potatoes?chef=58104.

GOLABKI (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)

Steps:

• 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.

GOłąBKI (POLISH STUFFED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Fill a large pot with water, bring to a boil, and salt it .
• With the help of a sharp paring knife, remove the core from the cabbage by cutting around it. Remove and discard it.
• Carefully place the whole head of cabbage in the boiling water.
• Cover the pot and cook the head of cabbage for 3 minutes, or until softened enough to pull off individual leaves. You'll need 18 leaves in total.
• When leaves are cool enough to handle, use a paring knife to cut away the thick center stem from each leaf. Be careful not to cut all the way through.
• After retrieving 18 leaves, chop the remaining cabbage and place it in the bottom of a casserole dish with a lid or a Dutch oven .
• Heat up a large skillet, melt the butter, and add the chopped onion. Cook until tender and remove from the heat to let them cool off.
• Mix the cooled onion with the beef, pork, cooked rice, garlic, salt, and black pepper until well combined. Don't overmix or the meat will become tough.
• Flatten a cabbage leaf on a cutting board or work surface and place about 1/2 cup of the meat filling.
• Flip the right side of the leaf to the middle, then flip the left side.
• Flip the bottom of the leaf to obtain an envelope-shaped figure. The unstuffed part of the leaf will be triangular in shape.
• Tuck the leaf away from you to encase the meat and make a neat little roll.
• Repeat the process with all the leaves.
• Heat the oven to 350 F.
• Place the cabbage rolls, seam down, on top of the chopped cabbage in the casserole dish or Dutch oven. Season each layer with salt and pepper.
• Pour the beef stock over the rolls, cover, and place in the oven.
• Bake for 1 hour or until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked.
• Serve with a drizzle of sour cream , or alternatively, mix the pan juices with the sour cream and ladle it over the cabbage rolls. Enjoy.

GOLABKI - CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Wrap cabbage in plastic wrap and place in freezer; allow to freeze overnight.
• Thaw before using; when thawed, core cabbage and carefully remove leaves, leaving them whole.
• Alternatively, you may core cabbage, and immerse it into boiling water, removing it every few minutes and carefully lifting away loosened leaves.
• Rinse sauerkraut and allow to drain.
• Brown ground pork, beef, onion, salt and pepper in a large skillet, and drain off any fat.
• Allow meat mixture to cool slightly, then stir in condensed tomato soup, egg, uncooked rice and paprika.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place one cabbage leaf flat, and towards the stem end, place some of the meat mixture on the leaf.
• The amount of meat you use will vary, depending on the leaf size; make sure it is not overstuffed (rice expands during cooking).
• Fold sides of cabbage leaf over meat and roll up loosely until meat mixture is sealed within the roll.
• Place the cabbage roll seam-side-down in a large casserole dish or lasagna pan.
• Continue rolling up cabbage until you run out of meat or leaves large enough to use.
• If you have leftover meat, spoon it into the cracks between the cabbage rolls.
• If you have leftover cabbage, chop it coarsely and layer over the top of the rolls.
• Spread sauerkraut evenly over the top of the cabbage rolls.
• Stir together tomato juice, with water/tomato juice/kraut juice (make sure your total is about 2 1/2 cups) along with the 2 tsp of Worcestershire sauce.
• Pour this over the cabbage rolls.
• Sprinkle lightly with remaining paprika.
• Cover casserole (may use foil) and bake for one hour.
• Remove foil or other covering and bake 30 minutes more.

SWEET & SOUR VEGETARIAN GOLABKI (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil.
• Plunge cored head of cabbage in the water cooking about 5 minutes on each side, using tongs to turn.
• While cabbage is cooking, prepare other ingredients.
• In a large bowl, mix onion, vegetarian beef, rice, mushrooms, bread w/ milk, egg, ketchup and spices.
• Mix well.
• When cabbage is done, let cool for 5 minutes.
• When ready to use, carefully peel back outer leaves and fill with about 2 Tablespoons of filling.
• Roll the leaves up as you would for a burrito or an envelope, making sure you secure all the filling but not overly tight.
• Carefully place rolls closely together in a large pot, packing them tightly until all the filling is used up.
• Put the onion with cloves in the pot.
• Pour tomato sauce and broth over the rolls and bring to a bubble.
• Lower heat to low and simmer one hour, covered.
• Add lemon juice, brown sugar and ginger snaps gently incorporating into the sauce (use a baster if you need) and let simmer for another 15 minutes.
• Serve.

STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS - GOLABKI

Steps:

• 1. Dice onion and green/red pepper. Saute until transluscent.
• 2. Spice beef with salt, pepper and parsley. Add ground beef to onion and pepper. When beef is nice and browned, take off heat, drain off the fat, and let the mixture cool. Transfer to big bowl to cool enough so it will be comfortable to work with your fingers.
• 3. Prepare rice with 2 cups of the water, and all the milk and butter. Cook down until rice is mushy and still a little wet. Mix rice together with beef. Set aside to cool.
• 4. In a small pot, warm the tomatoes, breaking them up with a slotted spoon. Add 1/2 c milk, 1/2 can tomato sauce, 1/2 cup water, then cover and simmer until tomatoes are really mushy.
• 5. Boil cabbage head in big pot with slightly salted water. Boil for about 15 minutes; you want the cabbage soft, yet firm. Take cabbage out of pot and put it on a plate set in your sink. Run cold water over it for about 2 minutes. Turn it over to get out excess water. Set to the side to cool.
• 6. While you are waiting for everything to cool, take a seat and watch a movie. Or, take a catnap.
• 7. When cabbage, rice and beef are cool enough to touch and work with, start to peel leaves off the cabbage; try to keep leaves in tact (some will rip; its OK, don't worry!)
• 8. Spread some stewed tomatos and tomato juice on bottom of casserole pan.
• 9. Spoon rice and beef mixture into the middle of a cabbage leaf. Fold bottom over the mixture, fold in the sides, and roll it up (like wrapping a present, kind of). Set in casserole dish with folded end down.
• 10. Repeat until you have used up the ingredients, or your pan is full! If the cabbage is too soft, or rips, just set down a few leaves on top of each other to roll up into one roll.
• 11. Cover your rolls with the remaining stewed tomatos and tomato sauce. Cover the pan, bake at 375* for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for at least 2 hours for the best taste; eating these right away will just taste hot without the maximum flavor. ENJOY!

GOLABKI - POLISH CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Chop onion.
• Mince garlic.
• Saute garlic and onion in 2 T butter over medium heat until onions are caramelized. Remove from heat and let cool to near room temperature.
• Beat 2 eggs thoroughly with 2 T marjoram, 1 T thyme/sage, salt, and pepper.
• In bowl, add ground beef, pork (or veal), rice, onion, garlic, and eggs.
• Mix thoroughly with your hands.
• Cover and let rest in the fridge. (You can let it sit overnight, it will just let the flavors permeate more.).
• Core cabbage.
• Blanche cabbage leaves in boiling water, peeling them off as they become limp. (Alternatively, after coring the cabbage, you can put it in the freezer and after it's frozen, let it thaw and the leaves will be limp--you can just pull them off. **If you choose to freeze, freeze the cabbage the night before and keep in mind it will take a few hours for it to thaw**).
• Once you've separated all the leaves, take a paring knife and cut off any thick stems preventing the limp leaf from bending/rolling.
• Put about 2 T of meat filling in the center of each leaf. Fold the sides of the leaf in and roll it up into a little package. Put each golabki seam-down into a casserole dish. (At this point, if you like, you can freeze them and thaw them later. Once thawed, continue with the recipe steps below.).
• Once you've used up all the cabbage leaves or meat filling, take your cans of tomatoes and pour them over the golabki.
• Sprinkle the remaining teaspoons of marjoram into the tomato sauce before pouring it over the golabki and tomatoes.
• Bake covered at 350 for 2 hours.

POLISH STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS (GOLABKI / GOLUMKIES / GOLUMPKIS)

Steps:

• Cut 12 large leaves off of cabbage head, cover leaves with boiling water, let stand until leaves are limp (2-3 minutes); then drain OR core cabbage head, and boil cabbage until leaves are tender enough to remove easily (10-15 minutes), very carefully remove 12 large leaves (You may have to peel the outer layers first and then return the cabbage to cook and continue peeling the leaves until all are done); then drain.
• Mix beef, pork, rice, egg, milk, seasonings, and vegetables.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Put 1-4 tablespoons (depending on size of leaf) of meat mixture in center of each leaf; tuck in sides and roll to cover meat (I roll any leftover filling into meatballs and cook them with the cabbage rolls).
• Place, seam side down in baking dish.
• Mix tomato sauce with the sugar; pour over rolls.
• Cover and bake for 45-60 minutes.