Lazy Goląbki – 2

• I love goląbki – but must admit they are time consuming to make.
• I came across this idea of using all the ingredients and making them into large kotlety( meatballs) cooking them in stock and then adding a tomato sauce.
• They are called goląbki leniwe – lazy goląbki.
• I made them with steamed cabbage as in  lazy goląbki – 1. 
• Now I have  made kotlety with shredded fresh cabbage .
• Here cooked rice is used as well.
• No bread is added but semolina is used to help bind the ingredients.
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• This time I made them with fresh cabbage.

Ingredients

• 500g minced beef
• 100 – 150g boiled rice
• ½  head of a small cabbage or a whole sweetheart cabbage
• 2 egg – beaten
• 1 teaspoons of salt
• Ground black pepper
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• Semolina
• Sunflower oil for lightly frying.
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• 750 ml vegetable stock
• Several tablespoons of tomato purée 
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• Soured cream – optional

Method

• Shred the cabbage and then chop into small pieces..
• Pre-heat the oven to GM3 – 160°C
• Mix the cabbage, meat and rice together until well mixed.
• Add the beaten eggs.
• Add the salt and pepper.
• Mix everything together.
• Add a little semolina if needed.
• Using your hands make large oval shaped balls.
• Roll then gently in the semolina.
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• Fry lightly on both sides.
• Place tightly packed in a large roasting tin.
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• Mix the vegetable stock and tomato purée and pour over the goląbki.
• Cover the dish with a sheet of baking foil.
• Cook for around 2 hours.
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• Stir some soured cream into the sauce and serve.
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• TIP
• I think it is best to make this the day before and then make up more vegetable stock and and tomato purée.
• Pour this over the goląbki and heat again for at least an hour.
• Add soured cream to the sauce and serve.

• Option – not tested.

• Add some grated cabbage to the mixture.

VERDICT

• All my testers like the fresh cabbage version best.
• These are meant to be lazy but they still required a lot of work.
• Mixing the ingredients together took time.
• I would find it easier to make my kotlety with cabbage  or even with sauerkraut and make them in tomato sauce and serve them with boiled rice.