Golabki - Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 9 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 large sweet onion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 head cabbage
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed tomato soup, undiluted
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
• 32 ounces sauerkraut, rinsed and drained (reserve juice)
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
• 1 cup water or 1 cup additional tomato juice (or reserved sauerkraut juice)
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 -3 teaspoons sweet paprika

Recipe

• 1 wrap cabbage in plastic wrap and place in freezer; allow to freeze overnight.
• 2 thaw before using; when thawed, core cabbage and carefully remove leaves, leaving them whole.
• 3 alternatively, you may core cabbage, and immerse it into boiling water, removing it every few minutes and carefully lifting away loosened leaves.
• 4 rinse sauerkraut and allow to drain.
• 5 brown ground lamb, beef, onion, salt and pepper in a large skillet, and drain off any fat.
• 6 allow meat mixture to cool slightly, then stir in condensed tomato soup, egg, uncooked rice and paprika.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 8 place one cabbage leaf flat, and towards the stem end, place some of the meat mixture on the leaf.
• 9 the amount of meat you use will vary, depending on the leaf size; make sure it is not overstuffed (rice expands during cooking).
• 10 fold sides of cabbage leaf over meat and roll up loosely until meat mixture is sealed within the roll.
• 11 place the cabbage roll seam-side-down in a large casserole dish or lasagna pan.
• 12 continue rolling up cabbage until you run out of meat or leaves large enough to use.
• 13 if you have leftover meat, spoon it into the cracks between the cabbage rolls.
• 14 if you have leftover cabbage, chop it coarsely and layer over the top of the rolls.
• 15 spread sauerkraut evenly over the top of the cabbage rolls.
• 16 stir together tomato juice, with water/tomato juice/kraut juice (make sure your total is about 2 1/2 cups) along with the 2 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
• 17 pour this over the cabbage rolls.
• 18 sprinkle lightly with remaining paprika.
• 19 cover casserole (may use foil) and bake for one hour.
• 20 remove foil or other covering and bake 30 minutes more.