Polish Cabbage Rolls-Golabki
By
Pat Duran
@kitchenChatter
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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!
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!
Rating:
★★★★★ 4 votes
Comments:
Serves:
makes 18 cabbage rolls
Prep:
30 Min
Cook:
1 Hr
Method:
Bake
Ingredients
- 1 large
- head of cabbage
- 1/4 tsp
- ground cloves
- 1 lb
- lean ground beef
- 1 lb
- ground pork or turkey
- 1 medium
- onion, diced
- 2 tsp
- minced garlic
- to taste
- salt and pepper
- 1 large
- egg
- 1 medium
- golden delicious apple, grated
- 1 1/2 c
- cooked white rice
- 3 1/2 c
- hunt's tomato sauce
- 1/4 c
- dark brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/4 c
- red wine,optional
- 1 c
- beef broth
- 1/4 c
- lemon juice
- 1 c
- dairy sour cream
How to Make Polish Cabbage Rolls-Golabki
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
