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Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls recipe cover 2 hr 40 min

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Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Ukrainian holubtsi fill tender cabbage leaves with pork, beef, and rice and slowly bake them in tomato sauce.

2 hr 40 min cooking time8 servings14 ingredients

What you’ll need

  • white cabbage: 1800 g
  • ground pork: 700 g
  • ground beef: 400 g
  • rice: 250 g
  • onion: 250 g
  • tomato passata: 700 g
  • meat stock: 600 ml
  • water for blanching: 3000 ml
  • salt for blanching: 15 g
  • carrot: 200 g
  • vegetable oil: 40 ml
  • bay leaves: 2 pcs
  • salt: 18 g
  • black pepper: 4 g

How to make it

  1. Cut the core from the cabbage. Lower the head into 3000 ml boiling water with 15 g salt and remove leaves with tongs as they soften; shave the thick central rib almost level.

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