Cabbage Rolls (golabki)

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup barley
• 5 cups ground meat (i.e. turkey, beef, veal or lamb)
• 2 cups mushrooms, chopped
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• marjoram, to taste
• salt and pepper, to taste
• soy sauce (optional)
• 2 large cabbage
• 3 (680 ml) cans tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 fry onion, add mushroom and spices and cook until softened.
• 2 cook barley according to package directions.
• 3 mix fried vegetables with raw meat and cooked barley. if using, add soy sauce to taste.
• 4 boil whole head of cabbage in hot water until leaves turn transparent and soften. remove leaves, one layer at a time and trim off hard area near the core.
• 5 layer cabbage leaves on bottom of lasagna dish (i use the ones that fall apart or are too small to roll).
• 6 fill cabbage leaf with filling, roll up and place seam side down on top of cabbage leaves in lasagna dish.
• 7 if serving same day, pour tomato sauce over cabbage rolls and bake at 350f for approximately 40 minute.
• 8 if making ahead, bake without tomato sauce at 350f for 20-30 minutes. day of serving, pour tomato sauce over cabbage rolls and bake for another 20 minutes.