- 1 head cabbage, cored
- water to cover
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 1/2 pounds ground pork
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (28 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 2 2/3 tablespoons white sugar
- Place the cabbage in a stockpot with enough water to cover.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the water and cabbage.
- Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn cabbage every 2-3 minutes and remove leaves that separate from cabbage and place in a strainer to cool. Boil until all the leaves have cooked, about 15 minutes.
- Reserve 12 oz. of cabbage water.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Trim thick center vein off of bottom of each cabbage leaf.
- In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Lightly pack a small amount of meat mixture and place in the center of the cabbage leaf.
- Fold sides over the filling and start at the stem and roll the cabbage up until the meat is encased. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
- Cut the leftover leaves into pieces and place into the bottom of a roasting pan.
- Layer the stuffed cabbage rolls over the cut leaves.
- In a bowl, mix the tomato sauce, reserved cabbage water, white vinegar, and white sugar.
- Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the cabbage rolls.
- Cover roasting pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake in preheated oven until the ground beef mixture is no longer pink in the center, about 2 1/2 hours. Baste stuffed cabbage rolls every hour.
03/23/2017
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Halupki (Stuffed Cabbage), recipe
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