Cabbage Rolls in Tomato Sauce (Holubtsi)
Cabbage Rolls in Tomato Sauce (Holubtsi) — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.
Ingredients
- 12 cabbage leaves
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- ½ cup milk
- 1 lb (about 500 g) ground beef
- ¾ cup cooked rice
- 1 egg
- 1 can tomato paste
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- ½ cup water
- 2 Tbsp vinegar
- 3 Tbsp sugar
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch mixed with ½ cup cold water
Instructions
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1Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
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2Put cabbage into pot of boiling water, cover, let sit for three minutes, then drain.
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3Combine ground beef, milk, egg, rice, onion, pepper, and salt. Divide into twelve portions.
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4Place 1 meat portion on each cabbage leaf.
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5Roll leaf around filling and fasten with toothpick.
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6Place the rolls in a baking dish.
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7Combine tomato paste, tomatoes, sugar, water, and vinegar, then pour over cabbage rolls.
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8Cover baking dish, and bake at 350°F (175C) for 40 minutes.
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9Remove cabbage rolls from pan, and take out toothpicks. Place on the serving dish
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10Add cornstarch and water to sauce mixture and stir together. Warm, if needed, to allow the cornstarch mixture to thicken the sauce.
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11Pour the completed sauce over the rolls on the serving dish.
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12Garnish as desired and serve.
- Category
- Entree/Main
- Method
- Baking
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026