Golubtsi

Title:
Golubtsi

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Russian,
Main
Dishes,
Ethnic




Ingredients:





 4 3/8 lb Cabbage


     1 c  Millet


 1 3/4 oz Salt Pork


     2    Carrots


     1    Onion


     2 tb Flour


     4 tb Tomato Paste


     8 tb Sour Cream


     2 tb Butter


     2 c  Water; or broth


          -as needed


          Hot Peppers


          Salt; to taste






 Pour boiling water over a head of cabbage with the stem removed. Separate


 leaves from head and trim the veins. Dice the onions and carrots fine and


 saute until the onions are starting to brown. Wash the millet well, cover


 with water and bring to a boil. Strain and combine with chopped salt pork,


 carrot/onion mixture peppers, salt and the raw eggs. Mix thouroughly with


 your hands, then place portions of the mixture onto the cabbage leaves,


 roll tightly and tuck in the ends. As you finish rolling the cabbage rolls,


 put them into a dutch oven, and add the sour cream dressing, boil


 thoroughly strain, salt and serve. SOUR CREAM DRESSING: Brown the flour in


 the butter. Add the tomato paste and the sour cream and some of the broth


 from the millet. ALTERNATIVE: Put cabbage rolls in a large baking pan, make


 the sour cream dressing without thinning it, cover the rolls and bake at


 325 F for about an hour.


 


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