🇧🇾 Belarusian Cuisine

Holubcy

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Prep Time 35 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Medium

Calories 334 kcal

Tender cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of ground beef and rice, braised in tomato sauce until meltingly soft.

Ingredients

1 Blanch whole cabbage in boiling water, carefully peel off softened leaves.
2 Mix ground beef with cooked rice, diced onion, garlic, salt, and pepper.
3 Place 2-3 tablespoons of filling on each cabbage leaf, roll tightly tucking in sides.
4 Arrange rolls seam-down in a deep baking dish.
5 Mix tomato passata with broth, pour over the rolls.
6 Cover and bake at 180C for 1.5 hours until tender. Serve with sour cream.

Did You Know?

The name holubcy comes from the word for pigeons — the rolls supposedly resemble resting doves.