Golabki (cabbage roll)

Cook

1. 🥄Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
2. 🔥Place cabbage head into water, cover pot, and cook until cabbage leaves are slightly softened enough to remove from head, 3 minutes.

Steps

1. 🔥Remove cabbage from pot and let cabbage sit until leaves are cool enough to handle, about 10 minutes.

Prepare

1. 🧂Remove 18 whole leaves from the cabbage head, cutting out any thick tough center ribs.

Steps

1. 🍳Set whole leaves aside.

Prepare

1. 🫇Chop the remainder of the cabbage head and spread it in the bottom of a casserole dish.

Steps

1. 🍽️Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Cook

1. 🌿Cook and stir onion in hot butter until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.

Steps

1. ✨Cool.
2. 🥄Stir onion, beef, pork, rice, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a large bowl.

Prepare

1. 🥄Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 🔥Place about 1/2 cup beef mixture on a cabbage leaf.
3. 🧂Roll cabbage around beef mixture, tucking in sides to create an envelope around the meat.
4. 🍳Repeat with remaining leaves and meat mixture.
5. 🫇Place cabbage rolls in a layer atop the chopped cabbage in the casserole dish; season rolls with salt and black pepper.
6. 🍽️Whisk tomato soup, tomato juice, and ketchup together in a bowl.
7. 🌿Pour tomato soup mixture over cabbage rolls and cover dish wish aluminum foil.
8. ✨Bake in the preheated oven until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked through, about 1 hour.