Stuffed cabbage is cooked in different cuisines of the world. It is known that the dish is available in Polish, Lithuanian, German cookbooks
. In the CIS countries, stuffed cabbage has a very specific name. Foreigners often have questions to the word “golubets”, as it is tightly associated with the bird pigeon.
A German writer even suggested that stuffed cabbage is so called because of the uniform resemblance to the bird. However, Dahl’s dictionary says that stuffed cabbage got its name from the word “halushki” – millet with beef in a cabbage leaf.
Let’s prepare with our own hands delicious lazy stuffed
cabbage
in a flavorful sauce
.
Ingredients for lazy stuffed cabbage:
- Carrots – 2 pcs;
- Onion – 2 pcs;
- Garlic – 10 cloves;
- Cabbage – 300 g;
- Rice – 100 g;
- Chicken stuffing – 500 g;
- Egg – 2 pcs;
- Smoked paprika – 1 tsp;
- Tomato paste – 5 tbsp;
- Sour cream – 120 g;
- Water – 70 ml;
- Italian herbs – a pinch;
- Salt – tbsp;
- Sugar – tsp.
Preparation of lazy stuffed cabbage:
Grate the peeled carrots on a fine grater, finely dice the onion. We also chop garlic finely. In a pan with vegetable oil fry onions, garlic and carrots.
To the vegetables pour a pinch of salt and sugar, add smoked paprika
.
Cook the roast under a lid
. Shred the cabbage not too finely, put it in the roast, stir. Stew cabbage with vegetables for about 20 minutes on a low-medium heat under a lid.
Add the pre-boiled rice with a pinch of sugar, three pinches of salt, smoked paprika to the minced meat and mix the ingredients thoroughly.
To prepare the sauce, mix tomato paste with water, and then pour the mixture into the sour cream.
Pour a pinch of sugar and salt, Italian herbs into the sauce, mix.
Combine cabbage with minced meat, break eggs into the mixture, mix.
Form the resulting mass into oblong cutlets, put them in a baking dish
.
For 5 minutes send the stuffed cabbage to bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius. When the stuffed cabbage slightly seize, pour the sauce over them.
Put the stuffed cabbage in the oven again for half an hour.
The result is delicious lazy stuffed cabbage with sauce. This is a great option for dinner.
