Kol Dolmer Old World Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipes

KOL DOLMER (OLD WORLD STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)

Steps:

• Mix thoroughly, beef, pork, onion, salt, sugar and pepper.
• Cook the rice according to directions for your brand of rice, and add to to the meat mixture.
• (You can use boiled macaroni in place of rice if you prefer) Wilt cabbage leaves by scalding with boiling water.
• Put some of the meat and rice mixture in the wilted cabage leaves and roll into balls securely.
• Repeat until all the mixture is used.
• Place cabbage rolls in a greased baking pan.
• Dot cabbage rolls with butter.
• Add 1 Cup hot water to the pan.
• Bake in moderate 350°F oven 40 minutes.
• Turn rolls over and bake another 20 minutes.
• Heat milk or cream and pour over the rolls.

STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS (KALDOLMAR)

Steps:

• 1. Remove core from cabbage.
• 2. Cover cabbage with cold water; let stand about 10 minutes.
• 3. Remove 12 cabbage leaves. Cover leaves with boiling water. Cover and let stand until leaves are limp, about 10 minutes; drain.
• 4. Mix beef, rice, milk, onion, egg, salt, pepper and allspice.
• 5. Place about 1/2 cup beef mixture at stem end of each leaf.
• 6. Roll leaf around beef mixture, tucking in sides.
• 7. Place cabbage rolls, seam sides down, in ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 8. Pour water over rolls. Cover and bake at 350 degrees F until beef is done, about 1 hour.
• 9. Remove cabbage rolls with slotted spoon; keep warm.
• 10. Drain liquid from baking dish, reserving 1/2 cup liquid; skim fat.
• 11. Gradually stir half-and-half into flour in saucepan until smooth.
• 12. Stir in reserved liquid and bouillon. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• 13. Boil and stir 1 minute.
• 14. Serve sauce with cabbage rolls.

BEST STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Stir in 4 teaspoons salt. Remove loose, outer leaves from the cabbage and place in the boiling water for 1 minute. Remove from the water and set aside.
• Remove core from the cabbage and carefully place the head in the boiling water. Cook for 5 minutes, removing the outer leaves one at a time as they loosen every minute. Set aside 12 large leaves and reserve inner portion of the cabbage for another use.
• Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Set aside 2 tablespoons minced onion for cabbage rolls; add remaining onion to the hot oil. Cook, stirring often, until translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, undrained diced tomatoes, water, vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Prepare cabbage rolls: Mix sirloin, rice, garlic, reserved minced onion, remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, remaining pepper, and allspice together in a bowl until well combined.
• Place a softened cabbage leaf on a cutting board and remove the bottom, tough portion of the stem. Place about 3 tablespoons meat filling into the center of the leaf. Fold the sides inward and roll the leaf up tightly, like a burrito or spring roll. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
• Pour 1 cup tomato sauce mixture in a bottom of a 9x13-inch or 11x7-inch baking dish. Place cabbage rolls, seam-side down, in the baking dish and pour remaining sauce on top. Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Lightly squeeze a wedge of lemon over each serving and garnish with parsley.

OLD-FASHIONED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook cabbage in boiling water just until outer leaves pull away easily from head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls. In a small bowl, combine the beef, pork, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, onion, rice, parsley, salt, dill and cayenne; mix well., Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each leaf, making a V-shaped cut. Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture on a cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides. Beginning from the cut end, roll up. Repeat., Slice the remaining cabbage; place in a Dutch oven. Arrange the cabbage rolls seam side down over sliced cabbage. Combine the tomatoes, sugar and remaining tomato sauce; pour over the rolls. Cover and bake at 350° until cabbage rolls are tender, 1-1/2 hours.

STUFFED CABBAGE (KåLDOLMAR)

Steps:

• Cabbage and rice: Cut out the core of the cabbage with a sharp knife. Remove the large, bitter outer leaves from the cabbage and discard. Carefully pull off the remaining larger leaves (about 10 of them), keeping them whole and as undamaged as possible. (Reserve the remaining cabbage for another use, such as Hugh Acheson's Apple-Cabbage Slaw). Meanwhile, add rice, milk, and a pinch of salt to a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring to a low simmer and cook uncovered until the grains absorb the milk, stirring occasionally, 10-20 minutes.
• Onion and potatoes: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat; sauté onions until soft, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes. Set aside for the meat filling. Meanwhile, place potatoes in a medium saucepan and add enough cold water to cover. Add a big pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook uncovered until soft, 10-12 minutes. While the potatoes are simmering, check the rice. The mixture should begin to look like a porridge, with the grains intact. (This will act as a binder for the meat, as well as providing moisture.)
• Cabbage: Prepare an ice bath. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; blanch the cabbage leaves in the boiling water for 2-3 minutes, or until pliable. Remove leaves and immediately plunge them into the ice bath to stop the cooking. Set aside on paper towels to dry. Meanwhile, check the rice mixture. When the rice has absorbed all the milk, spread it on a plate to quickly cool, 5 minutes. (Note: Rice can be prepared up to 1 day ahead.)
• Meat filling: In a large mixing bowl, add beef, pork, eggs, sautéed onions, milk, a big pinch salt (about 1 teaspoon) and white pepper (about 1 teaspoon), and the cooled rice. Combine well with your hands, a whisk, or wooden spoon. (Alternatively, use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment on low speed.) To check the seasoning, fry a small bit of the meat mixture and taste it.
• Assemble rolls: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter. Carefully cut out 1 inch of the thick center vein from the leaves, so they will be easier to roll up. Place 3-4 tablespoons of the meat filling (depending on the size of the cabbage leaf) into the center of a leaf and, starting at what was the stem-end, fold the sides in and roll up the cabbage to enclose the filling (like a burrito). Place the roll seam-side down in the baking dish. Repeat with remaining leaves and meat, arranging the rolls side by side in rows. Drizzle agave syrup over rolls and bake, 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes, remove dish from oven. Pour enough broth over the rolls to come halfway up the sides of the dish. Place back in oven for another 20 minutes.
• Sauce: Cabbage rolls are done when brown on top and the meat is cooked through. Remove cabbage rolls from the dish and strain the cooking liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a skillet. Bring liquid to a boil and reduce by half, whisking occasionally, 5 minutes. Whisk in cream, add a pinch of salt, and continue boiling to thicken slightly, 1 more minute. (Sauce will be on the brothy side.) Meanwhile, drain the potatoes and place in a bowl; add 1 tablespoon butter and salt to taste.
• Place cabbage rolls and potatoes on a plate; add a few dollops of lingonberry jam on the side. Drizzle sauce over everything. Serve.

STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS (KALDOLMAR)

Steps:

• Remove core from cabbage.
• Cover cabbage with cold water; let stand about 10 minutes.
• Remove 12 cabbage leaves.
• Cover leaves with boiling water.
• Cover and let stand until leaves are limp, about 10 minutes; drain.
• Mix beef, rice, milk, onion, egg, salt, pepper and allspice.
• Place about 1/2 cup beef mixture at stem end of each leaf.
• Roll leaf around beef mixture, tucking in sides.
• Place cabbage rolls, seam sides down, in ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• Pour water over rolls.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees F until beef is done, about 1 hour.
• Remove cabbage rolls with slotted spoon; keep warm.
• Drain liquid from baking dish, reserving 1/2 cup liquid; skim fat.
• Gradually stir half-and-half into flour in saucepan until smooth.
• Stir in reserved liquid and bouillon.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Serve sauce with cabbage rolls.

STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS-OLD POLISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat and add a cabbage. Reduce heat slightly and blanch cabbage, turning a few times, about 5 minutes, until leaves begin loosening and look translucent. With cabbage in water, use long-handled fork or tongs to pull off leaves as they loosen. Remove what's left of cabbage and repeat with other cabbage. Don't discard inner leaves or broken leaves. Reserve water. Let cabbage cool.
• In large bowl or tub, put ground beef, onion, celery, rice, eggs, parsley flakes, garlic salt, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Mix well with hands, adding 1/4 cup water if mixture feels "tight".
• With paring knife, trim thick cores from outer sides of cabbage leaves. Coarsely chop smaller leaves and cabbage; strew half in bottom of an 18x10x3 inch heavy-duty foil roasting pan. Pour reserved cabbage water over sauerkraut in a colander to rinse more, if you like. Drain well. Strew half the kraut over cabbage in pan. Pour in half the crushed tomatoes and 1 cup tomato juice. Season with salt & pepper, mix well.
• For rolls, shape about 1/4 cup meat into a sausage (not too tight) for a large leaf; less for a smaller leaf. Use your hand as a cup to shape rolls, with curved side of leaf facing your palm and core end towards your wrist. Put filling on the bottom of the leaf, and fold the bottom over the filling, pressing in. Fold in the sides, pressing and rolling, but not too tight, not worrying if leaf breaks. Filled leaves are placed seam-side down in pan, in even rows, 5 or 6 across, making 25 to 28 rolls. Strew remaining chopped cabbage (chop any unused leaves) and sauerkraut over the rolls. Top with remaining crushed tomatoes and tomato juice. Salt & pepper generously. Rinse crushed tomato can with about 1/2 can water. Pour water over top; don't worry about mixing it. Cover pan tightly with foil.
• Bake in 325-degrees F oven for 1 hour, check after 30 minutes to be sure it is bubbling. If not, turn oven to 350-degrees F. After 1 hour, reduce temperature to 250 degrees F. Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours longer, until rolls are tender & meat & rice fully cooked-cut one open to check. You can add small amounts of water periodically if needed.

SWEDISH CABBAGE ROLLS (KALDOLMAR)

Steps:

• Remove the stem from the cabbage and poach the head in boiling salted water for a few minutes.
• Separate the outer leaves and remove any coarse stalks.
• Let cool.
• Rinse the rice and boil soft in the milk for about 20 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Finely chop the onion and sautée in the butter until transparent.
• Let cool.
• Mix meat, eggs, onion, milk, spices and rice.
• Put about two ounces of the mixture on each cabbage leaf and roll to small dolmas (rolls).
• Place them on a greased tray.
• Put the sugar or syrup on top together with a little melted butter.
• Bake in the oven at 175 degrees C/ 350 F for about 30 minutes; add the gravy or sauce, raise the heat a little and bake for another 20-30 minutes.
• Serve the rolls with boiled or mashed potatoes (maybe enriched with cream and butter) and Farmors Gurka ("Grandma'sCucumber"): Thinly sliced cucumber marinated in strong vinegar, sugar, salt and parsley.
• (Personally, I'm not very fond of the sugar/syrup in the recipe, so I use to exclude it, but that's only because I'm against sweet ingredients in main courses in general).

SWEDISH CABBAGE ROLLS-KALDOLMAR

Steps:

• Wash cabbage and remove any damaged outer leaves, cut out core.
• Bring a large pot of water to boiling.
• Add cabbage to wilt leaves while preparing stuffing.
• Turn off heat under cabbage, mix together potato, rice, meats, onion, the 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, allspice, sugar, and egg.
• Separate leaves from cabbage as they wilt and drain:.
• Return cabbage to water to wilt inner leaves.
• Shape stuffing into oblong patties and place on core end of cabbage leaf.
• Fold over sides of leaf slightly and roll up, tucking in sides of leaf if possible.
• It may be necessary to fasten rolls with toothpicks, if used, they should be removed before placing rolls in baking dish.
• Mix 3 tablespoons flour and the 1/4 teaspoon salt and roll cabbage leaves in mixture; brown in large skillet.
• Remove cabbage rolls as they are browned and place in a large, flat, greased baking dish.
• Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Heat over to 300 degrees.
• Bake 1 1/2 hours basting frequently with the 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• Remove baking dish from oven and place cabbage rolls on a warm platter.
• Mix the 1 tablespoon flour and cream in a small pan.
• Add the liquid from baking dish: Cook and stir over moderately low heat until thickened.
• Season to taste.
• Pour gravy over cabbage rolls before serving.