Essential ingredients

• Cabbage head

  300 g (¼ pieces)

• Pork

  125 g

• Rice

  30 g (⅕ cup)

• Carrots

  30 g (¼ cup)

• Onions

  30 g (¼ pieces)

• Sour cream 15%

  60 g (¼ cup)

• Tomato paste

  12 g (1 tsp)

• Ketchup

  15 g (1 tbsp)

• Sunflower oil

  3 g (½ tsp)

Ingredients to taste

How to make

• 1

  Firstly, boil cabbage leaves. Place a large pot of water on the stove. Cut out the hard inner part of the cabbage.

• 2

  Dip the cabbage in boiling water and simmer for five minutes. Turn to the other side and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

• 3

  Lay the cob on a plate and allow it to cool. Disassemble the cabbage into individual leaves, and cut the thickening at the base.

• 4

  Secondly, Prepare the filling and form the stuffing. Boil rice until semi-finished.

• 5

  Cut the pork into pieces and twist in a meat grinder. Combine minced meat with boiled rice.

• 6

  Finely chop the onion, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

• 7

  Then place the vegetables in a pan and sauté for 5-7 minutes until soft. Add half of the vegetable dressing to the pork with rice: salt and pepper. Thoroughly mix the stuffing for stuffed cabbage.On the prepared cabbage leaves - closer to the base - spread a small amount of filling. Wrap the stuffed cabbage, hiding the edges inside.

• 8

  Finally, stew stuffed cabbage.

• 9

  Place the stuffed cabbage in a large saucepan with a thick bottom. Spread a layer of vegetable dressing on top.

• 10

  Dilute tomato paste in two glasses of water, and add sour cream and ketchup—season with salt to your taste. Pour the sauce over the stuffed cabbage. The liquid should completely cover the dish, not reaching 3-4 cm to the top.

• 11

  Put the stuffed cabbage in a preheated oven and stew at 180 ° C for an hour.

• 12

  Spread on a plate, pour sour cream, and serve.

Additional Information

• Cooking Method

  Baking, Boiling, Sautéing, Simmering

• Recipe category

  Lunch

• Recipe cuisine

  Ukrainian

• Tools

  Oven, Knife, Grater, Pan, Cutting board, Meat grinder, Stove