Cabbage roll

Cabbage Roll

A cabbage roll is a savory food item made with a variety of fillings wrapped in cabbage. The filling usually includes meat, often beef or pork, seasoned with onion, tomato paste, salt, black pepper, and spices. Mushrooms, sauerkraut, rice, and other ingredients may also be used. The filling is stuffed in cabbage leaves, which are tucked around it like an egg roll. It is simmered or steamed in a covered pot until cooked, and is usually eaten hot.

Cabbage rolls are part of the traditional cuisine of many Central European, Eastern European, and Balkan countries. They are known as holubki in both Czech and Slovak, halubcy in Belarusian, golubtsy in Russian, and gołąbki in Polish (the word literally means "little pigeons"). In German they are known as Kohlroulade or Krautwickel, and in Croatian as Sarma.

See also

• Kåldolmar, Swedish cabbage rolls filled with minced pork and rice.
• Dolma, a similar dish generally made with grape leaves instead of cabbage leaves.

External links

• Forget the trends: Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune article (with several recipes)
• Golabki recipe from the Hartford, Connecticut Polish Cultural Club