Голубці — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

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

Ingredients

1 Core the cabbage and blanch in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Peel off softened leaves and trim thick ribs.
2 Mix ground beef, cooked rice, grated onion, half the grated carrot, salt, and pepper.
3 Place 2-3 tablespoons of filling on each cabbage leaf, tuck sides in, and roll tightly.
4 Sauté remaining carrot in oil, add tomato passata and bay leaf, simmer 5 minutes.
5 Arrange rolls seam-down in a deep pot, pour sauce over, cover, and braise on low heat for 60 minutes.
6 Serve hot with a dollop of sour cream.

Did You Know?

Holubtsi means 'little pigeons' in Ukrainian, referring to the rolled shape of the cabbage parcels.