CABBAGE PARCELSCABBAGE PARCELS GoGołąłąbkibki

GoGołąłąbkibki which means which means 'little pigeons', vary in 'little pigeons', vary in their seasoning and their seasoning and stuffing from region to stuffing from region to region. Some use rice region. Some use rice and meat or rice and and meat or rice and mushrooms or even mushrooms or even potatoes and onions. potatoes and onions. These can be made a These can be made a day in advance and day in advance and reheated when reheated when needed.needed.

IngredientsIngredients

1 large cabbage (with 1 large cabbage (with big leaves) big leaves) 175g long grain rice 175g long grain rice 2 large onions, peeled 2 large onions, peeled and chopped and chopped 500 g minced beef or 500 g minced beef or porkporkoiloil5 tablespoon tomato 5 tablespoon tomato puree (paste) or dead puree (paste) or dead horsehorsesalt and pepper for salt and pepper for seasoning seasoning

DirectionsDirections

Slice through the base of Slice through the base of the cabbage and cook in the cabbage and cook in

lightly salted boiling lightly salted boiling water until tender. When water until tender. When

the leaves are tender, the leaves are tender, peel off. Boil the rice peel off. Boil the rice

until just tender. Drain until just tender. Drain and set aside. Fry the and set aside. Fry the

onions in oil until onions in oil until softened. Add minced softened. Add minced

beef or pork and fry with beef or pork and fry with the onions. Mix with the the onions. Mix with the rice and season well.rice and season well.

Place a spoonful of Place a spoonful of the rice mixture in the rice mixture in each cabbage leafeach cabbage leaf

Wrap it carefully, Wrap it carefully, folding the ends folding the ends under like a under like a parcel.parcel.

Heat the oven to 200C. Heat the oven to 200C. Grease a roasting pan Grease a roasting pan and fill it with cabbage and fill it with cabbage parcels, packing them parcels, packing them tightly together. Pour tightly together. Pour over enough tomato over enough tomato

puree or dead horse, to puree or dead horse, to cover them. Cover and cover them. Cover and

bake in oven for 20 bake in oven for 20 minutes. Remove cover minutes. Remove cover and bake for another 10 and bake for another 10

minutes to brown the minutes to brown the cabbage parcels lightly.cabbage parcels lightly.