Polish Stuffed Cabbage Recipe - Golabki

Ingredients:

• 1 whole head cabbage, about 4 pounds
  
• 1 large onion, (sliced thin)
  
• 1 stick (4oz) butter (,melted)
  
• 1 pound ground beef
  
• 1/2 pound ground pork
  
• 3/4 cups un-cooked rice (white long grin)
• 1 bunch Italian Parsley (chopped fine)
• 1 egg (slightly beaten)
  
• 4 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  
• 2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
  
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  
• 1 quart beef stock
• 1 cup water
  
• Sour cream for garnish (optional)

Preparation:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
   
2. Remove core from cabbage. Place whole head in a large pot filled with boiling, salted water. Cover and cook 3 minutes, or until softened enough to pull off individual leaves. You will need about 18 leaves.
   
3. When leaves are cool enough to handle, use a paring knife to cut away the thick center stem from each leaf, without cutting all the way through.
   
4. Chop the remaining cabbage and place it in the bottom of a casserole dish or Dutch oven.
   
5. Saute the chopped onion in butter in a large frying pan until tender, and let it cool.
   
6. Mix cooled onions with beef, pork, egg, rice, garlic, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, worcesterchire sauce, parsley and melted butter until well combined. Don't overmix or the meat will become tough.
   
7. Place about 1/2 cup of meat on each cabbage leaf. Roll away from you to encase the meat. Flip the right side of the leaf to the middle, then flip the left side. You will have something that looks like an envelope. Once again, roll away from you to create a neat little roll.
   
8. Place the cabbage rolls on top of the chopped cabbage, tomatoes and sliced onions using the excess cabbage to fill in arounf cabbage rolls and repeat until all rolls have been layered in the casserole dish or Dutch oven, seasoning each layer with salt and pepper. Using the last cabbage leaves and place over the top of the last layer to cover the rolls. Pour beef stock over rolls, cover and place in oven. Bake for 1 hour or until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked.
   
9. Serve with pan juices and a drizzle of sour cream, or mix the pan juices with sour cream and ladle it over the cabbage rolls.
   
10. Cabbage rolls freeze well before or after cooking, and can be made in a slow cooker (see your manufacturer's instructions).

Notes:

Since they can be eaten hot or at room temperature, mini cabbage rolls make great appetizers. Just spear them with a frilled toothpick and you're good to go!