Romanian Sarmale, Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 sour cabbage
• 500 g beef mince
• 6 tablespoons risotto rice
• 1 egg
• 1 carrot
• 1 slice bread, soaked in
• milk
• 1 onion
• 100 -150 ml tomato paste
• 3 slices smoked bacon
• 7 peppercorns
• salt

Recipe

• 1 peel the cabbage leaves one by one, cut them in half if they are too big and remove the stork.
• 2 chop the onion and carrot and fry them in a bit of oil with the rice.
• 3 mix the mince meat with the egg, fried onion, the slice of bread and a pinch of salt(be careful not to put a lot of salt because the sour cabbage is already salted).
• 4 place a tbsp of meat on the cabbage leaf and roll it tight then push the ends in with your finger.
• 5 chop the rest of the cabbage you didn't use sprinkling half of it on the bottom of the pan then add the tomato paste and sliced bacon.
• 6 put the cabbage rolls in the pan.
• 7 cover the cabbage rolls with water then sprinkle the bael leaves, peppercorns and the rest of the chopped cabbage.
• 8 cover the pan with a lid and let it simmer for 1 hour or until the cabbage it's softened.
• 9 serve with mamaliga and a chilly.
• 10 enjoy!