Russian

Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)

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Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls) is Russian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

90 min Involved

Ingredients

Serves
4

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Core the cabbage and blanch the whole head in boiling water 3 minutes to loosen the leaves, peeling them off as they soften.

  2. Parboil the rice 10 minutes and drain.

  3. Mix the ground beef, rice, half the grated onion, salt, and pepper.

  4. Lay a spoonful of filling on each cabbage leaf, then roll into a tight parcel, tucking in the sides.

  5. Saute the remaining onion and the carrot in the oil, stir in the tomato paste and a cup of water, and bring to a simmer.

  6. Arrange the rolls seam-side down in the sauce, cover, and simmer 45 minutes until the cabbage is tender.

  7. Serve hot with a spoonful of sour cream, a weekend project worth the time.

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Serve it with

A Russian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy Yes Gorohovyi Sup (Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage)
Gluten No
Shellfish No
Eggs No
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
560 kcal
Protein
29 g
Carbs
34 g
Fat
34 g
Fiber
9 g
Sugar
1 g
Sodium
860 mg
Saturated fat
12 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Golubtsy (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls) takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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