Ukraine- Golubtsi

 Welcome back to my blog! 

In a continuation of our exploration of Ukraine, I also experimented with a side dish to pair with the borscht from last week! 

Golubtsi is a savory roll dish, made of meat, rice and vegetable stuffing wrapped in steamed cabbage. 

This dish was incredibly popular with my family and super easy to make!

Ingredients:

• Cabbage
• 1 chopped carrot
• Ground turkey
• Cooked white rice
• Half a chopped onion
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

1. Cook a cup of white rice leave it unseasoned.
2. Sauté finely chopped carrots and onions in a pot with olive oil
3. Once carrots and onions are carmelized, add ground turkey and rice to pot 
4. Continue to stir the mixture in the pot and cook
5. Separate out the cabbage leaves, making sure to gather the whole leaf
6. Steam the gathered cabbage leaves until soft and easy to fold.
7. In each leaf, gather a handful of the meat and rice mixture and place inside
8. Roll each cabbage leaf tightly around the meat and rice mixture and fold ends inside 
9. Once each leaf and the mixture is all used up, place olive oil in a pan and pan fry each roll, making sure to flip so they are cooked on each side
10.  To ensure the rolls are fully cooked through, unwrap one 
11. Serve and enjoy!

These rolls are typically served alongside a sauce, but i did not prepare one to go on top! 

If you try this recipe let me know how it was in the comments and feel free to leave me any future suggestions or requests!

Thank you and enjoy!