ISO: ISO For those of you who've made Halupki/stuffed cabbage, do

[dawnnys]

you cook the rice first, or put it in raw, with the browned meat, then stuff and bake? ou I imagine you'd have to add a little mor liquid if you're cooking the rice in the casserole.

I've heard of doing it both ways.

 

[marilynfl]

My grandma's version (Ukranian): raw rice, raw meat, roll, and stacked in

large heavy Dutch oven pot lined with the excess cabbage leaves, then completely cover using a large can of tomato juice. Some folks use tomato soup, but that tastes too sweet to me.

Meat was the typical ground "meatloaf" mixture: equal parts beef, pork, & veal. That mixture is almost impossible to find anymore.

Cook for at least an hour.

 

[barb_b]

My hungarian recipe is similiar; except add a lil paprika to the raw rice/meat mixture. YUM!

Alot of work, but a special treat!

 

[cindy]

Different recipe, same process-raw meat, raw rice.

 

[Glennis]

MarilynFL....is that the whole recipe? Really??

One of the guys I work with is camped at his wife's bedside in a hospital. It's a heart-wrenching story. I know him well enough to know there are going to be times he isn't going to be much for eating. But he's talked about his Mom being from that area of the world, and it sounds like something I could fix and put up in single serving sizes for him to reheat.
Could I please get as close as you can get to the recipe? Round balls? Footballs? Served with cabbage? Wrapped in cabbage? Pretty please?

 

[cynupstateny]

Polish- raw meat, partially cooked rice and some of the liquid.

Onion, salt and pepper. No tomatoes in ours.

 

[oli]

I can add my Hungarian stuffed cabbage that my mom useto make

A tip she would tell me is to add some pork to the beef to make it more tender and juicy. Of course in Hungary we always use Paprika in everything if we can.
If you want I can look it up.

 

[dawnnys]

Yes, please, that would be great - do you live in Hungary now?

 

[dawnnys]

Yes, please, that would be great - do you live in Hungary now?

 

[dawnnys]

Do you, do you? Heheh, slow computer...

 

[marianne]

Czech version (my Mom's). Boil the rice for 5 minutes, then drain and add to meat mixture. Raw meat

NOT browned, chopped onion, parsley, S&P, eggs.

 

[dawnnys]

Good, thanks everyone. I guess this is the type of dish that doesn't really need an

exact recipe since it's so simple. One of those things no one ever really writes down, no list of ingredients, no instructions. Thanks.

I'll use raw meat next time. This time, with browned meat, it was very good, and I figure had to be of less fat, not that it mattered really, with a coconut cake sitting there for dessert...

 

[dawnnys]

Good, thanks everyone. I guess this is the type of dish that doesn't really need an

exact recipe since it's so simple. One of those things no one ever really writes down, no list of ingredients, no instructions. Thanks.

I'll use raw meat next time. This time, with browned meat, it was very good, and I figure had to be of less fat, not that it mattered really, with a coconut cake sitting there for dessert...

 

[dawnnys]

Sigh, I've got the double-posties. Slow computer, I pressed button twice. (

 

[angak]

I have used Minute Rice as well. works fine in this filling.

 

[karennoca]

I use raw rice and meat and stuff the cabbages. It is all layerd with extra cabbage leaves and

sauerkraut. i put a little of the juice from the jar or can into the meat/rice mixture. A can of tomato sauce goes over the top of the layers. I love this dish and eat the cabbage rolls for breakfast!