Indulge in the culinary delight of Golombki, also known as Halupki, a traditional dish that embodies the essence of comfort food. These stuffed cabbage rolls are a symphony of flavors, meticulously crafted with tender cabbage leaves wrapped around a savory filling of rice, meat, and aromatic spices. Originating from Poland and widely embraced across Eastern Europe, Golombki has become a beloved dish that transcends borders.
This article presents a collection of Golombki recipes, each offering a unique take on this classic dish. From the traditional Polish recipe that stays true to its roots to variations that incorporate different meats, grains, and seasonings, there's a recipe for every palate. Whether you prefer the simplicity of a classic filling or the indulgence of a more elaborate version, these recipes provide step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of creating these delectable stuffed cabbage rolls.
Prepare to embark on a culinary journey as you discover the secrets of making Golombki. Learn how to select the perfect cabbage, prepare the filling, and master the art of rolling and cooking these savory delights. With detailed explanations, helpful tips, and a variety of recipes to choose from, this article will equip you with the knowledge and skills to create authentic and delicious Golombki that will impress your family and friends.
GOLUMPKI - STUFFED POLISH CABBAGE (GOłąBKI)
Golumpki or Gołąbki are Polish cabbage rolls that are stuffed with a mixture of beef, pork, rice, and seasoning. This recipe serves 12 and costs just $11.32 to make or $0.95 per serving!
Provided by Jillian
Categories Main Course
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Remove the stalk from the bottom of the cabbage head.
- Place the cabbage in a large pot filled with 12 cups of water. Cover and place over high heat.
- Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium. Continue to cook until the cabbage leaves become bright green and pliable, about 3-5 minutes. The leaves should not be limp, they should hold their shape.
- Remove cabbage from water and place on a cutting board until it's cool enough to handle.
- In a large bowl combine ground beef, pork, onion, garlic, grated lemon peel, egg, and rice. Place in refrigerator until ready to use.
- In a medium pot over medium heat add oil. Once simmering, stir in grated onion and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Then, add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds. Pour in crushed tomatoes, water, salt, and pepper and increase heat to high. Once bubbling, reduce heat to low and simmer tomatoes for 15 minutes.
- Once the cabbage has cooled, remove the leaves from the cabbage head.
- Using a paring knife, cut the thick stem or membrane from the back of each leaf. Be careful not to cut through the leaf.
- Move oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- You will need a 9x13-inch baking dish and a smaller, 2-quart baking dish for this recipe. Spread ¾ cup of sauce in the bottom of a 9x13-inch dish and ½ cup sauce in the bottom of the 2-quart baking dish.
- Place 2 tablespoons of filling on the bottom half of a cabbage leaf.
- Fold up the bottom part of the cabbage leaf.
- Then, fold in the sides.
- Next, roll forward until the cabbage leaf completely covers the filling. Repeat with remaining cabbage leaves and filling.
- Place the stuffed cabbage leaves into prepared pans in neat rows. Pour the remaining sauce evenly over the cabbage rolls.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, rotating pans halfway through baking.
- Place pans on a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped fresh dill (optional) and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 205 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Protein 15 g, Fat 8 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 55 mg, Sodium 343 mg, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 7 g, ServingSize 2 cabbage rolls
GOLUMPKI (GOłąBKI, STUFFED CABBAGE)
Authentic Polish Golabki recipe. These Polish stuffed cabbage rolls will feed a crowd. Also, you can make this recipe ahead and freeze it up to one month before serving.
Provided by Scott from Platter Talk
Categories Dinner
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Put cabbage head in a large stock pot, add water to cover and then add white vinegar to the water.
- Place on stove on high heat and cover, bringing to a boil.
- Gently boil cabbage until leaves of cabbage soften and become pliable.
- Remove from stove and drain water from the pot. Set aside and allow cabbage head to cool.
- Once cabbage is cooled, remove the leafs from the cabbage head. Take a paring knife and cut the lower portion of the "vein" from the leaf. This vein is very tough and needs to be removed. It will make it much easier to roll the meat mixture in the cabbage leaf. Continue to do this until you remove as many leaves from the cabbage as you can.
- In a large mixing bowl combine ground chuck, sausage, crumbled bacon, chopped onion, egg, rice, bread crumbs and finally add the salt and pepper. Make certain to thoroughly combine the ingredients together. The "meat" mixture will be a similar consistency to meatloaf. It should be nice and moist. If it seems dry, add an additional egg.
- Lay a cabbage leaf down on a flat surface thus allowing you to roll it easier. Take some of the meat mixture and form into a large meatball. You may make these as large or as small as you prefer therefore choose the size of your preference. Place the meatball in the center of the cabbage leaf. Wrap the cabbage leaf around the meat mixture (see video above).
- Place the stuffed cabbage in a roaster with the wrapped edges down in the roaster. Repeat this process placing the Golumpki next to each other, until all of the meat mixture is used up.
- Mix tomato soup, tomato paste and also a pinch of sugar.
- Pour tomato soup mixture over the top of the stuffed cabbage and reserve a small amount to be used in the next step.
- If you have cabbage leaves remaining, cover the entire top of the stuffed cabbage in the roaster.
- Pour remaining tomato soup mixture on top of the cabbage that you lined the tops of the stuffed cabbage. This step will help steam the Golumpki that lies below and therefore will keep them nice and moist.
- Put a lid on top of the roaster and bake for approximately 1 1/2 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 720 kcal, Carbohydrate 18 g, Protein 31 g, Fat 54 g, SaturatedFat 19 g, Cholesterol 136 mg, Sodium 1490 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, ServingSize 1 serving
GOLABKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 2h40m
Yield 12 to 14 cabbage rolls
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- For the sauce: Heat up tomatoes in a saucepan over medium-low heat until they begin to boil, then remove them from the heat. With an immersion blender, blend in cubed butter one piece at a time until the sauce is smooth and emulsified. Season with salt and a dash of cayenne if you like it a little spicy, but not enough to scare your Mom-Mom.
- For the cabbage: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Slice off the bottom of the cabbage head and insert the knife around the core to make a square of insertions into the core of the cabbage. (Do not completely core the cabbage.)
- When the pot is boiling gently, drop the cabbage head in and boil it until outer leaves are softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the cabbage head and wait a minute for it to cool, then begin to gently peel the outer leaves away. When the leaves are no longer soft and they become hard to peel, place the cabbage head back into the boiling water for another 4 to 5 minutes. Repeat removing the leaves and then boiling the cabbage until you get down to the core or the leaves become too small. (It's a good idea to boil extra cabbage leaves so you have the extras just in case the leaves rip.)
- Saute onions with a dash of canola oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat until onions are translucent. Combine sauteed onions with cooked white rice and allow to cool.
- Combine ground beef, pork, veal, eggs, onion and rice mixture and salt and pepper in a large stainless steel bowl. Mix until well combined, then set aside. (We'll call this the filling from here out.)
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Place 1/4 cup filling into the bottom of a cabbage leaf. Tuck the sides of the leaf in and roll the leaf up and over and make a small package. Place the finished roll seam-side down in a 12-by-10-inch baking pan that's at least 2 1/2 inches deep. Continue with the remaining leaves and filling and tuck them tightly into the baking pan. Pour 1 inch vegetable stock into the bottom of the baking pan. Cover the cabbage rolls with a sheet of parchment paper, then cover in foil. Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove cabbage rolls from the oven and turn it down to 325 degrees F. Take off (but reserve) foil and parchment paper. Pour off the vegetable stock (no need to save it; it'll taste like cabbage water...yum). Top the drained cabbage leaves with just enough tomato sauce to coat the top of the cabbage and make a small pool under the rolls. Replace the parchment paper and foil and bake the cabbage rolls 45 minutes more.
- Serve the finished golabki by topping them with a ladle of the reserved sauce, a little fresh dill, and a dollop of sour cream.
HALUPKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)
Halupki, also known as stuffed cabbage on the Russian/Ukranian side of my family, is a dish made of rice, beef, and pork encased in cabbage drizzled with a thin, sweet tomato sauce. My grandma Eugenia is 98 and she taught me how to make this comfort food classic. Every family has their own twist on this traditional dish. I hope you enjoy these with mashed potatoes just as we always do in my family!
Provided by Jillian
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Eastern European Russian
Time 3h30m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Place the cabbage in a stockpot with enough water to cover.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the water and cabbage.
- Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn cabbage every 2-3 minutes and remove leaves that separate from cabbage and place in a strainer to cool. Boil until all the leaves have cooked, about 15 minutes.
- Reserve 12 oz. of cabbage water.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Trim thick center vein off of bottom of each cabbage leaf.
- In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Lightly pack a small amount of meat mixture and place in the center of the cabbage leaf.
- Fold sides over the filling and start at the stem and roll the cabbage up until the meat is encased. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
- Cut the leftover leaves into pieces and place into the bottom of a roasting pan.
- Layer the stuffed cabbage rolls over the cut leaves.
- In a bowl, mix the tomato sauce, reserved cabbage water, white vinegar, and white sugar.
- Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the cabbage rolls.
- Cover roasting pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake in preheated oven until the ground beef mixture is no longer pink in the center, about 2 1/2 hours. Baste stuffed cabbage rolls every hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.9 calories, Carbohydrate 21.7 g, Cholesterol 137.3 mg, Fat 29.8 g, Fiber 4.3 g, Protein 28.1 g, SaturatedFat 11.4 g, Sodium 715 mg, Sugar 10.5 g
AUTHENTIC POLISH GOLUMPKI RECIPE - STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS THAT TASTE LIKE POLAND!
Polish cabbage rolls are traditionally stuffed with minced meat, rice, and onions, and can easily be made at home! You'll love this authentic Polish golumpki recipe!
Provided by Karolina Klesta
Categories Dinner
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Cook the rice in half the time stated on the packaging. It should be middle-hard (semi-cooked).
- Wash the cabbage and remove the outer leaves.
- Remove the core and put the cabbage inside the boiling hot salty water.
- Depending on the type of cabbage, boil for 1-10 minutes, until the leaves are softer and flexible enough to form gołąbki.
- Drain and cool down the cabbage. Leave the water from the cabbage, you will need it later.
- Separate the leaves- you will use each leave to form gołąbek.
- Peel and chop the onions. Fry them with minced meat and a bit of oil or butter. Keep in mind that frying meat is not necessary! You can add raw meat to the filling.
- Mix rice, onions, and meat together. Season with salt and pepper. If the filling is too dry, add melted butter or broth to make sure it's easy to wrap in the cabbage leaves.
- Place the raw, outer cabbage leaves on the bottom of the heat-resistant dish.
- Start forming gołąbki: take each leave, put the meat-rice filling inside, and wrap it carefully. See this video if you don't know how to do it.
- Place gołąbki in the heat-resistant dish. They should tightly cling to each other.
- Pour the cabbage water into the heat-resistant dish. They should cover 1/5-2/3 of the dish (not more than half of the dish!).
- Cover the dish with the lid.
- Place in the oven heated to 356°F (180°C). Cook for 1-1,5h (until they are soft). After 40 minutes check if there is enough water in the dish. If not, add some more to make sure gołąbki won't burn.
- TOMATO SAUCE- peel and dice the tomatoes and boil them with a bit of water. Fry the minced garlic and onion on oil. When they are soft, add to the tomatoes and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
- MUSHROOM SAUCE- peel and dice onions and mushrooms. Fry them on butter with minced garlic for 5-10 minutes. Add broth or water, cover the dish with a lid and simmer until soft (10-15 minutes). Mix the flour with sour cream, add 2 tbsps of mushroom sauce. Slowly pour the flour-cream mix to the sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 441 calories, Carbohydrate 25 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 92 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 25 grams fat, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 30 grams protein, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 369 milligrams sodium, Sugar 10 grams sugar, TransFat 1 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams unsaturated fat
GOLABKI (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)
Cabbage leaves are stuffed with ground beef, rice, then simmered in tomato soup. Works great in the oven or a slow cooker. Serve with pan juices and a drizzle of sour cream, or mix the pan juices with sour cream and ladle it over the cabbage rolls. Also, good with mashed potatoes and cucumber and sour cream salad. Cabbage rolls freeze well before or after cooking.
Provided by Rosey in Florida
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Eastern European Polish
Time 1h50m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place cabbage head into water, cover pot, and cook until cabbage leaves are slightly softened enough to remove from head, 3 minutes. Remove cabbage from pot and let cabbage sit until leaves are cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.
- Remove 18 whole leaves from the cabbage head, cutting out any thick tough center ribs. Set whole leaves aside. Chop the remainder of the cabbage head and spread it in the bottom of a casserole dish.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion in hot butter until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Cool.
- Stir onion, beef, pork, rice, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place about 1/2 cup beef mixture on a cabbage leaf. Roll cabbage around beef mixture, tucking in sides to create an envelope around the meat. Repeat with remaining leaves and meat mixture. Place cabbage rolls in a layer atop the chopped cabbage in the casserole dish; season rolls with salt and black pepper.
- Whisk tomato soup, tomato juice, and ketchup together in a bowl. Pour tomato soup mixture over cabbage rolls and cover dish wish aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked through, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 394.3 calories, Carbohydrate 41.5 g, Cholesterol 60.8 mg, Fat 17.9 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 20.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.2 g, Sodium 1428.5 mg, Sugar 20.1 g
GOLOMKI (STUFFED CABBAGE) AKA HALUPKI, MARK'S
Mark's family recipe, had to be translated from Polish for me to have it to share!
Provided by Megan Stewart @GSMegan
Categories Casseroles
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cut cabbage deeply around core to loosen leaves. Boil the cabbage leaves about 5 minutes and set aside to drain. In a skillet, add ground meats, onions, shortening, salt and pepper, and fry slowly for about 15 minutes. Wash rice, drain, add to meat and mix well. Place a tablespoon of the meat mixture in the center of a cabbage leaf and roll. Place rolls side by side in pot. Pour tomatoes over top and add enough water to cover. Add another tbsp salt and pepper. Cook 1 and 1/2 hours. An Americanized name is "blind pigeons".
STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS (GALUMPKIS)
For an Eastern European classic, make Tyler Florence's Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Galumpkis) from Food Network. They're filled with beef, pork and rice.
Provided by Tyler Florence
Categories appetizer
Yield about 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- To make the sauce:
- Coat a 3-quart saucepan with the oil and place over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the vinegar and sugar; simmer, until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
- Place a skillet over medium heat and coat with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Sauté the onion and garlic for about 5 minutes, until soft. Stir in the tomato paste, a splash of wine, parsley, and 1/2 cup of the prepared sweet and sour tomato sauce, mix to incorporate and then take it off the heat. Combine the ground meat in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, the cooked rice, and the sauteed onion mixture. Toss the filling together with your hands to combine, season with a generous amount of salt and pepper.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Remove the large, damaged outer leaves from the cabbages and set aside. Cut out the cores of the cabbages with a sharp knife and carefully pull off all the rest of the leaves, keeping them whole and as undamaged as possible, (get rid of all the small leaves and use them for coleslaw or whatever.) Blanch the cabbage leaves in the pot of boiling water for 5 minutes, or until pliable. Run the leaves under cool water then lay them out so you can assess just how many blankets you have to wrap up the filling. Next, carefully cut out the center vein from the leaves so they will be easier to roll up. Take the reserved big outer leaves and lay them on the bottom of a casserole pan, let part of the leaves hang out the sides of the pan. This insulation will prevent the cabbage rolls from burning on the bottom when baked. Use all the good looking leaves to make the cabbage rolls. Put about 1/2 cup of the meat filling in the center of the cabbage and starting at what was the stem-end, fold the sides in and roll up the cabbage to enclose the filling. Place the cabbage rolls side by side in rows, seam-side down, in a casserole pan.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Pour the remaining sweet and sour tomato sauce over the cabbage rolls. Fold the hanging leaves over the top to enclose and keep the moisture in. Drizzle the top with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Bake for 1 hour until the meat is cooked.
LAZY COOK'S GOLUMPKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)
Make and share this Lazy Cook's Golumpki (Stuffed Cabbage) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Vicki in CT
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 8h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cook beef and onion until done, drain.
- Add to remaining ingredients in crockpot. Cook over low 4-8 hours.
- I make the day before (refrigerating) and when leaving for work turn on the following morning.
MRS GALUMPKI'S STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS
There is no Mrs. Galumpki. We just thought it was a funny name for a fictional cook. I don't think this is a true Polish Stuffed Cabbage but I think it's really good and easy to prepare. They keep in the fridge for several days, freeze well and can be easily doubled. This was a dish that sold well in my Aunt's deli. Use a large head of cabbage; for some reason Zaar won't let me use that as a measurement. Make it easy on yourself and try Recipe #305376. One thing my mother always did to speed things up was to make this recipe UN-stuffed. Just a layer of chopped cabbage topped with all the ingredients and more chopped chopped cabbage topped with the sauce made a fast meal for a large family and could be done in the oven while Mom got a suntan while hanging up the wash on the clothesline. Just kidding. She worked sunup to sundown and I think she cleaned in her sleep.
Provided by Secret Agent
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h40m
Yield 1 pot full, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil.
- Add rice and stir.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Or use your rice cooker.
- Prepare the cabbage leaves according to Recipe #305376. Remove the tough stem and ribs. It is okay to use a large leaf patched up with a smaller leaf. Save the center of the cabbage and chop it up to use as a bed in your pot.
- Combine the meat, cooked rice, onion, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Stir in half can of tomato soup and mix well.
- Put about a scant 1/4 cup of filling in each leaf.
- Roll them up from the stem end folding the sides in so the filling does not fall out.
- Do not roll too tight, just snug.
- Use a toothpick to keep them from unrolling in your pot.
- In a large wide pot, add the remainder of the cabbage, chopped up.
- This is the bed the little rolls will lay on.
- Add 1/2 cup tomato juice to the bed.
- Line up the cabbage rolls on top (It is okay to double stack them if you need to).
- Mix the rest of the soup with the drained stewed tomatoes and pour over the rolls.
- Put a lid on the pot and cook on medium heat until the pot boils.
- Lower heat and continue cooking for 50 to 60 minutes longer until the cabbage leaves are very tender.
- Keep the heat on low.
- Keep the rolls warm in your crock pot if you like.
- Option; bake them in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven, tightly covered, for two or three hours after being brought to the boil.
- Check for tenderness of the cabbage leaves.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 225.4, Fat 6.8, SaturatedFat 2.6, Cholesterol 64.5, Sodium 604.3, Carbohydrate 22, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 6, Protein 18.5
Tips:
- Use fresh cabbage leaves for the best flavor and texture.
- Blanch the cabbage leaves before stuffing them to make them more pliable.
- Use a variety of fillings, such as ground beef, pork, sausage, rice, vegetables, and herbs.
- Season the filling generously with salt, pepper, and other spices.
- Roll the cabbage leaves tightly around the filling to prevent them from falling apart.
- Cook the golumpkis in a flavorful sauce, such as tomato sauce, beef broth, or sauerkraut juice.
- Serve the golumpkis hot with sour cream, yogurt, or a sprinkle of paprika.
Conclusion:
Golumpkis are a delicious and hearty dish that can be enjoyed all year round. They are perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. With a variety of fillings and sauces to choose from, there is sure to be a golumpki recipe that everyone will love. So next time you are looking for a new and exciting dish to try, give golumpkis a try. You won't be disappointed!
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