polish cabbage rolls-golabki
This recipe is from my mother in law who was 100% Polish and often made golabki for Sunday dinner. It's pronounced- gaw-WOHP-kee. This recipe like soup is better the next day. I hope you try this recipe- it is really very good!
prep time
30 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Bake
yield
makes 18 cabbage rolls
Ingredients
- 1 large head of cabbage
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork or turkey
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- to taste - salt and pepper
- 1 large egg
- 1 medium golden delicious apple, grated
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
- 3 1/2 cups hunt's tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/4 cup red wine,optional
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup dairy sour cream
How To Make polish cabbage rolls-golabki
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Step 1Core cabbage and place cored side up in a deep bowl or saucepan. cover with boiling water; let stand 5 minutes to soften and loosen leaves; drain. Remove 18 leaves and reserve. Place remaining cabbage on cutting board and shred or slice up. Place the shredded cabbage in the bottom of a buttered or sprayed baking pan. Sprinkle lightly with ground clove; set pan aside.
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Step 2In a large bowl combine the beef and pork,salt and pepper,egg, shredded apple , onion and garlic; mix until well combined.Place mixture into a large skillet and cook until mixture is cooked and scrambled and meat is no longer pink- it does not need to be fully cooked it will finish in the oven. Drain any grease.
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Step 3Preheat oven to 350^. Mix the cooked rice into the meat mixture. Stir well to blend. Place about 1/2 cup of mixture in the center of each cabbage leaf. Roll up, folding ends over,envelope style- like egg roll. Place each roll seam side down in baking pan on top of the shredded cabbage.Combine wine and beef broth and pour over cabbage rolls.
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Step 4Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar and lemon juice; set aside. Cover pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes.Remove cover and pour tomato mixture over cabbage and bake for 20 minutes uncovered.
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Step 5Serve with pan juices and drizzle of sour cream or thicken the pan juices with sour cream and pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls.
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