How to Make Cabbage Rolls: Polish Style (Episode 29) 

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Recipe for Cabbage Rolls
Meat Mixture
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
2 eggs
1 onion - sauteed
1 cup rice - par boiled
2 tsp salt
pepper to taste
6 bay leaves - ground
Sauce
2 28-ounce cans of crushed tomatoes
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
You will also need:
1 head of cabbage for the roll
1 jar of Bubbie's brand sauerkraut
Directions
1. Chop onions and sautee onions. Strain the sauerkraut.
2. Par boil the rice.
3. Cut a cone out of the head of cabbage. Jab a fork into the cut-out end.
4. Submerge the cabbage head into a pot near boiling water. The outer leaves will fall off the head of the cabbage when they are cooked. Repeat until the head of cabbage is cooked. Pull off leaves and place in a bowl or plate for rolling later.
5. Create the meat mixture. Combine ground beef, ground pork, eggs, onion, rice, salt, pepper, and ground bay leaves. Mix well.
6. Cut up the remaining cabbage and place into the bottom of the Dutch oven. Add strained sauerkraut on top of the bed of cabbage.
7. Roll portioned meat into each cabbage leaf, making a roll. Place on top of bed of cabbage.
8. Create the sauce. Combine crushed tomatoes with brown sugar. Mix well.
9. Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls in the Dutch oven.
10. Put the lid on the Dutch oven and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
11. Check the rolls after an hour. Look for pooled fat on the surface of the sauce. If there is no pooled fat yet, bake for another hour.
12. Once you see a shiny surface of pooled fat on the sauce, the rolls are done. Remove and allow time to cool before serving.
Equipment for making Cabbage Rolls
Stock pot
Sautee pan
Medium sauce pan
6 quart Dutch oven
Mixing bowl
Measuring cup and spoon
Fork and paring knife
Medium aluminum pan
Spice grinder
Our Final Freezer keeps it about the food. We'll show you how to make simple, delicious, healthy (and often dairy-free and gluten-free) food -- always with a twist of humor.
We don't give you recipes. We show you how.