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Holubtsi (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)

Name: Holubtsi (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 1/2 head Cabbage; 200g Mixed ground meat; 1/2 cup Rice; 1/2 Onion; 1/2 Carrot; 1 can Canned tomatoes; To taste Sour cream

Main Dish

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Rice and ground meat wrapped in cabbage and simmered — a gently comforting Ukrainian family dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Boiled cabbage leaves wrap a filling of rice and ground meat, simmered slowly in tomato sauce. Because it's labor-intensive, it's often made on Sundays or when guests are visiting. It tastes just as good cold and even better with a day's rest, so large batches are often made to eat over several days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A Sunday in rural Ukraine: a big pot filled with holubtsi becomes the centerpiece of the table, served with sour cream.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Cabbage 1/2 head
Mixed ground meat 200g
Rice 1/2 cup
Onion 1/2
Carrot 1/2
Canned tomatoes 1 can
Sour cream To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel off the cabbage leaves one by one, thin out the core, and boil until soft.
Parboil the rice halfway.
Mix the ground meat, half-cooked rice, and minced onion to make the filling.
Place the filling on a cabbage leaf and roll up.
Arrange in a pot and add the canned tomatoes and grated carrot to make the braising liquid.
Cover and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes; serve with sour cream.

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