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Good morning, ladies!

We were talking about stuffed cabbage rolls yesterday (our family calls them Holubky). I added lysie as I noticed up thread she’s on the cooking thread.

I did a search on bing.com and there are a TON of recipes out there with pictures and links on this search page to other similar searches:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=hungarian+cabbage+rolls+with+sauerkraut&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IESR02

I didn’t have time to go through all of them, but here’s a couple that might be of interest:
http://zsuzsaisinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/08/cabbage-rolls-toltott-kaposzta.html

http://www.cooks.com/recipe/4s1jp3es/hungarian-stuffed-cabbage-rolls.html

A couple ones I looked at included using pork pieces, etc. I don’t remember my aunt’s being that way, though it’s been years since I’ve had them. I seem to recall hers being the same way we made ours, only using sauerkraut instead of tomatoes.

Here’s how I make mine:
Cabbage leaves steamed, so they can be separated
3/4 ground chuck (or lean hamburger) to about 1/4 ground pork
rice (I don’t cook mine first)
Lots of garlic powder
Onion powder
Paprika

Mix the above (except for cabbage)
Put about 1-2 Tbsp of meat mix (depending on size of leaf)in cabbage leaf and roll
Large cans of whole (chopped) or chopped tomatoes and juice from same
Onions - I can’t put chopped onions in the rolls b/c my sister can’t eat them, so put large slices in the pot with the tomatoes

Chopped cabbage or cabbage leaves on bottom of pot, tomatoes (more garlic powder, cabbage rolls, and keep layering with tomatoes and cabbage rolls. End with some cabbage leave on top.

I use bay leaves in a lot of things, especially tomato- based things - my family didn’t include these, but I always add a few. Add a little vinegar to tomato base. Use 1-2 small cans of tomato sauce in it, too.

My family has always cooked these on the stovetop, but my aunt started doing it a bit differently and uses a single layer of the rolls in a pyrex dish in the oven. Because I also serve a large ham (Kirkland Signature honey-baked, spiral cut from Costco - the best!) with these on Christmas Eve, I use the stovetop for min.

I’m typing the recipe off the top of my head and I think it’s right, but let me know if something looks screwy.