Holupki Stuffed Cabbage Russian Style Recipes

HALUPKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Place the cabbage in a stockpot with enough water to cover.
• Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the water and cabbage.
• Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn cabbage every 2-3 minutes and remove leaves that separate from cabbage and place in a strainer to cool. Boil until all the leaves have cooked, about 15 minutes.
• Reserve 12 oz. of cabbage water.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Trim thick center vein off of bottom of each cabbage leaf.
• In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
• Lightly pack a small amount of meat mixture and place in the center of the cabbage leaf.
• Fold sides over the filling and start at the stem and roll the cabbage up until the meat is encased. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
• Cut the leftover leaves into pieces and place into the bottom of a roasting pan.
• Layer the stuffed cabbage rolls over the cut leaves.
• In a bowl, mix the tomato sauce, reserved cabbage water, white vinegar, and white sugar.
• Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the cabbage rolls.
• Cover roasting pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until the ground beef mixture is no longer pink in the center, about 2 1/2 hours. Baste stuffed cabbage rolls every hour.

HALUPKI (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)

Steps:

• Boil head of cabbage 10-15 minutes.
• Take the leaves from the head (carefully) Mix the meat, salt and pepper, egg, parsley, garlic, onion and rice together.
• Make individual balls out of the meat mixture and roll them up in cabbage leaves.
• In a 5-quart dutch oven, put some leaves of cabbage on bottom of pan.
• Add cabbage rolls on top.
• Mix tomato soup, sugar, vinegar, and water together.
• Pour over cabbage rolls, cover and cook on medium heat for 1 1/2 hours.

HOLUPKI [STUFFED CABBAGE RUSSIAN STYLE]

Steps:

• 1. In a mixing bowl, mix together the pork, ground beef, uncooked rice, egg, diced onion, salt and pepper. Use your hands to mix the ingredients so they are well combined. Set aside.
• 2. In a large pot, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the head of cabbage to the pot and boil for 5 minutes or enough time to loosen the leaves so you can peel them easily. Return and repeat until you have most of the leaves. Pour out any remaining water and dry our inside of pot.
• 3. Form small handful sized balls of the meat mixture and wrap in a single cabbage leaf.
• 4. Place the wrapped balls of meat in the bottom of the large pot.
• 5. When the bottom of the pot is covered with Holupki cover them with a layer of sauerkraut.
• 6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 until you have wrapped up all of the meat.
• 7. Add 1 cup of water and can of tomato soup to the pot.
• 8. Place cover on the pot and cook over low heat for 2 1/2 hours.