Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage Recipe

Ukrainian "Golubtsy"

Ingredients

1/2 cup onions, chopped
Sunflower oil
1 cup ground beef
1 cup ground pork
3 cups cooked rice
1 teaspoon salt
1 large head cabbage
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1/2 cup sour cream

Instructions

Saute chopped onions in oil and add to cooked ground pork and rice. Sprinkle with salt. Roll this mixture up into a wilted cabbage leaf and place into pan. Cover this with tomato juice and cream or sour cream and meat drippings. Cook until done.

Other stuffing ideas:

Buckwheat

2 cups medium buckwheat groats (kasha)
1 egg
4 to 5 tbsp. fat
2 tsp. salt
4 cups boiling water or soup stock

Buckwheat and Mushroom

1 cup dry bread crumbs
3/4 cup milk
1 sm. onion, chopped
3 tbsp. butter
1 cup or more chopped mushrooms
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/3 cup sour cream
1 tbsp. chopped dill or parsley
Salt and pepper
Beet or lettuce leaves

Potato

5 lg. potatoes
1 sm. onion, chopped
2 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper
1 cup sour cream