Stuffed Cabbage Or Cabbage Rolls
Today I'm going to share a traditional recipe with you, that is pretty popular in Europe and not only. If you're interested in the history of cabbage rolls or stuffed cabbage, you can check here. It has a great variety, each region has its own and I suppose each household has its own as well. This is mine, this is what I've learnt from my mom and I'm keeping the recipe as it's suitable for the family's taste.
Speaking of recipe, this has no recipe, I mean there are no exact quantities here, you just know how much you want and that's all. I was planning to post this recipe after Christmas, but then I thought if I post it now, maybe it can be an idea for someone to use for the holidays. We usually have stuffed cabbage for almost every major occasion, like Easter and Christmas. It's an easy recipe and you only need a few ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 big pickled cabbage,
- 1kg minced pork,
- some smoked pork (can be ribs or the tail),
- 1 onion,
- 4 clove garlic,
- 100 - 150g rice
- salt,
- pepper,
- red paprika,
- oil,
- sour cream.
The pickled cabbage is the most important among the ingredients because if you don't buy the right one, you can ruin the whole dish. I like this flat one because the leaves are thin and can be cooked faster.
First you need to take off the leaves and cut that strong vein down, if there's any, to make the leaves more flexible.
Heat the oil in a pan, sauté the onion and add the crushed garlic towards the end.
Then add the rice and let it soak up the oil.
Mix the minced meat with red paprika, then add the rice and mix well.
Place a few cabbage leaves on the bottom of the pot, then place the smoked meat on it.
Take the leaves one by one, add as much meat as can fit in, fold up the edges, then roll them up.
This is how the rolls should look like.
Place them in the pot, over the meat and then add some more cabbage.
Sometimes the cabbage is bigger than it is needed and then usually I slice the rest and place it on he top.
Add water to cover and cook till the cabbage is tender. Unfortunately I can't give you a cooking time because that depends on what kind of cabbage you are using. During summer I am often using raw cabbage, not pickled and that needs less cooking time. Raw cabbage is not sour at all, therefore I'm often adding tomato juice or tomato paste, to make it a bit sour.
Serve with sour cream, while still hot.
As I mentioned at the beginning of my post, this is a well known dish in Europe and not only. You can make vegan rolls as well, replacing the meat with whatever you see fit.
Now I'm curious to see who knows this dish.
And also, cabbage rolls anyone? 😁
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They say that the eyes eats first before the mouth hahaha, I love this recipe though I have not heard or seen it before. If I have the opportunity to see it I will love to eat it . Nice recipe, nice dish . Merry Christmas.
That is true though, if it pleases the eye, you want to eat it. Thank you for the nice comment and the wishes. I hope you will have the opportunity to taste it one day. I'm not sure if you are celebrating Christmas, most likely not, but I'm wishing you Happy Holidays.
Christmas is not really my thing yet I wish those who have much value for it the the very best.
I give more attention to the new year. Lol
Everyone may easily learn how to follow this step-by-step guide.
I've never seen stuffed cabbage before, and I'm eager to prepare it because it seems so straightforward.
I will try this on Christmas eve and see how it goes, thank you for imparting knowledge.
You are amazing!!!
I'm always trying to take step by step photos and make the process simple for those who don't have the same level of experience in the kitchen and I'm glad if it looks simple.
Good luck with the recipe and let me know how it went. Merry Christmas 🎅
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it's a very simple guide and I'm sure I will get the same result as you did.
How are you celebrating your Christmas??
This is so perfect for occasions. Meat plus that cabbage. This dish is something similar from the lumpia here in the Philippines but the one used to wrap is a wrapper and the fillings inside are mostly vegetables, can add some meat too.
Wanna try this one by the way😊.
I'm glad to hear there's a similar dish over there. You can fill it whit whatever filling you like by the way. Give it a try! Merry Christmas! 🎅
This dish looks so yummy. I want to eat this dish. I will note this recipe and make this dish at my home. Thanks for sharing.
I wish I could send you some. Let me know if you try it out.
This' really incredible, you just prepared something very savoury which I know must be tasty but the case is that I mayn't get exactly what you prepared over here else I would have gone for it to see actually how it tastes. Nice recipe Ma and complement of the season.
Thank you @davchi2 for the nice words. You don't have to do it exactly the same as me. You can use fresh cabbage and whatever filling you like. Beef for those who don't eat pork for example.
Wow, maybe I'll try it soon cause I'm also leaning to be a good cook.
please, please, please, send me some 😋
Lol, I knew you would love it and I would send you some, gladly, if I could 😄
Are you having some töltött káposzta in Spain this Christmas?
Nope... :/
A friend who usually makes it and we eat it together will not be here, so this year no stuffed cabbage for me. sigh.
This looks great, ma'am. In the link you shared, you can see how it is done in our country in the Turkey section. It is really delicious and I hope you try it one day.
But I am sad not to see Voila!
Oh God! I had in mind to say voila! but was in a bit of a rush as had to go to the hairdresser and forgot. Next time?
I need to check the Turkish one.
Yeah next time is okay. Lahana means cabbage and sarma means rolls 😊
These look amazing! Really delicious! I can imagine the flavor, the smell! Ohhh! The hour is not good seeing your recipe. Now I really want cabbage rolls. I wont do any, but NOW, because of you, I only hope my mom will make some.
I'm not writing this just for the sake of writing, but yours look really really delicious! Ohhh and those smoked bones. Yeah, if mom wont do any for Christmas (which I doubt) 🤣🤣 cause as you said, Christmas and Easter is with Sarmale, then I'll consider paying you a visit. What do you think? Hahaha (now this is a joke). Still, I want some sarmale asap.
Thanks for opening my appetite for these! 😝😁🙄😂
P.S. its interesting how sometimes, by seeing someone else's picture with food, you want it so bad! I'm not ironical, its just weird how our senses work!
Anyways, in case de ceva ca nu ne mai auzim (nu se stie niciodata), I truly wish you Happy Holidays together with your loved ones and family! Wish you a blessed time! Now, especially during the season and why not....always?!!
Take care 🥰🥰
Thank you my dear friend! ❤️ I know how dangerous it is to look at recipes at night, so sorry for that 😃
I'm sure mom is going to make some, as there's no Christmas without sarmale or sărmăluțe, depending on the tradition at your part of the world. I wish I could send you some, but I suppose we need to wait for the shipping method to be invented.
It is funny, but this is music to my ears as that means I did a decent job with cooking and also with photographing, otherwise it would have the exact opposite effect on you, which I would never want to experience.
Thank you for the nice wishes 😘❤️ Crăciun fericit, sărbători fericite, pentru tine și toată familia! You take care too, have a happy holiday period. Don't eat too much though 😂
Well, I talked today with my mom and she said she's been preparing just today the cabbage rolls. Tmr she'll be making these hahahah! Perfect timing cause my family of 3 are going to spend tmr night there so .... Sarmale, here I come! 🤣 Thanks to Erikah, my mom will be out of sarmale in no time. LOL. That would be...weird. and impossible though!
Yes, The photos are also looking good. I'm not kidding. It's been some time since I last saw some photos of sarmale and having this large appetite for them, by just taking a look to the pics. And also I truly understand what you say here. I have the same feeling when someone makes me feel they appreciated the recipe I've been posting and not just commenting for the sake of commenting. Cause this is exactly what I was doing here. I was really honest. I really loved your post and recipe!
Sarbatori fericite once again, in case we wont "wave hands" each other these days! Though I'll be around, just family and nothing special this year. I'll enjoy having a relax lazy time and no feeling guilty about it! HAHAHAHA or should I say HOHOHO?? 😄🎅
P.S.
I'll see about that, but also this is my message to you! hahaha cause the way I see it, the two of us are in love with food. Hard to stay away, especially these days!
My appetite was also aroused. He should cook for us😉😉😉😉😄
She could be a chef as well! 👩🍳🍳
Oh yeah, I could make these...but I'd rather someone else make them for me. That's not a hint or anything.
Yes it is.
Lol, the fine print 😂🤣
I'm going to make these for you when you come to dinner. Actually I'm going to make it a request night and let you choose the menu. What would you like? 🎅
Hmm now, you certainly are a glutton for punishment.
Let me see...I like those stuffed cabbages...Also, you know that potato thing with cream and garlic baked with melted cheese on top? It's a French thing I think. Dauphinoise? So yum!
I'm going to throw in a stake because why not, and also some veggies, like umm...green beans, carrots and zucchini...I reckon Japanese tempura style will be cool, dipping sauce of course.
Now for the main course(s)...
Lol, just kidding...Just add in some garlic bread, arancini balls, maybe a lasagne and a pizza or two and things will be about right.
Now...dessert...
EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add in the Thai cashew nut chicken and vegetarian spring rolls.
Now...dessert...
Lol, that's not how things work, so let me give you a crash course about how things work when I'm cooking.
If you sit at my table for the first time, I'm going to serve you some traditional Hungarian food. If you survive and are brave to sit at my table a second time, then you can choose 😂 How's that for hospitality?
Damn it, I thought I have free rein.
Ok, I'll accept those terms, or is it a challenge? 😆
Of course it's a challenge! 😂 You know me.
Indeed...you're challenging.
Or is it challenged.
Only one way to find out 😏
And...there's another challenge.
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Hello, my friend. According to you, I posted on the network you introduced. I will be happy to read it and give your opinion.
Delicious
Thank you.
There's a Chinese version of this too.. Stuffed with minced pork with oyster sauce. I should try this one next time 😊
Wow, I knew this is popular all over the world. That must be yummy too. Merry Christmas! 🎅
It is a recipe that is not complicated to make and it looks delicious. I am tempted to replicate your recipe in the near future but with chicken or fish. Thank you for sharing this dish, the children with autism for whom I cook will surely love it.
Hola amiga @erikah se ve muy tentadora y exquisito ese 🍛 excelente. Bendiciones y Feliz navidad 🤶
Hello, my friend. According to you, I posted on the network you introduced. I will be happy to read it and give your opinion.
Wow, this dish is also in our drawer, we just add some aromatic vegetables, such as parsley, leeks, and a little tomato paste. But the way of wrapping the cabbage is exactly the same. I found it interesting. They say "Dolme".🙂🙂
What country are you from?
It seems that the taste of the cake is very good, but I don't think it is easy to find that ingredient in my country
It's look delicious,I love cabbage rolls 😍😋😍😍