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Main dishes · Romania

Sarmale

Cabbage rolls in soured leaves with pork and rice, braised three hours under a layer of shredded cabbage.

◷ 240 minutes♧ 8 servingsSave as cookbook PDF ↓
Sarmale

Ingredients

For 8 servings · tick what is ready

Use the scaled ingredient list. Steps and temperatures stay unchanged; use a larger pan or dish if needed. Seasonings to taste stay to taste.

LET’S COOK

How to make it

01

Take the cabbage apart into leaves and pare down the thick ribs. Rinse leaves that are too sour; soak overly salty ones for twenty minutes.

02

Fry the finely chopped onion in the oil until soft, add the tomato paste and cook two minutes. Cool it completely.

03

Mix the pork with the rice, the cooled onion, savory, salt and pepper.

04

Put a tablespoon of filling on each leaf, roll it up and tuck the ends in with a finger. The rolls should come out small, about two fingers wide.

05

Line the pot with shredded cabbage and the ribs, pack the rolls in tight layers with bay between them, and cover with the remaining cabbage and leaves.

06

Add water to the level of the top layer and cook three hours on the lowest heat or at 150 °C in the oven.

About this recipe

By UniTools · Source: UniTools — theunitools.com. Recipe content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: Andrei · CC0