Polish Saturday

[GusRobin]

Doing my Christmas cooking. Made pierogi (polish dumplings) a couple of weeks ago. This week I am making golabki (stuffed cabbage) and some kielbasa.
First the golabki. Put heads of cabbage in a pot of water and brought water to a boil. Turned it off and covered and left for about 9 hrs. Fried up some salt pork and onions. The "family" recipe calls for ground beef, but I make some Italian sausage, mix it with a bit of Jimmy Dean's sage sausage. Mix the salt pork, onions, sausage, and cooked white rice. I put it in the fridge overnight. This morning I took the cabbage and peeled off the leaves. Then take a sharp knife and trim off the thick leaf "vein". Stuff the leaf with some of the meat/rice mix and roll tightly. Put in a roaster pan, cover with diced tomatoes and cover and put in the oven at 300* for about 6 hours.
PICs
Salt pork and onions

Line the roaster pan with some of the cabbage.

Leaves stuffed, rolled and in the pan.

The pan is full. Covered with a can of diced tomatoes and juice and salt pork skin, and a layer of cabbage leaves.

In the covered pan and in the oven for a long slow cook.


Kielbasa
Stuffed and hanging in the Bradley. My SG has been acting up. (Needs a cleaning) So I used the small Amazin smoker.

After the smoke, I put it in a water bath until an IT of 155*.

Out of the water bath, then into a ice bath, now hanging to bloom.

[JZ]

Looks great. I would love some of that stuff for my Christmas dinner.

[Saber 4]

They both look great, my wife loves cabbage rolls so I will have to try making these soon, she'll want them with the GB though. Is the recipe posted somewhere? or is it a family secret.

[pensrock]

My mom always made pigs (stuffed cabbage rolls) but she always used regular tomato soup to cook them in. They were always very good. I made some a few times and once did not have any tomato soup so used diced tomatoes and the taste was very much the same. a little different but very close. I have never heard of anyone using sausage for the filling but think it would be good as well.  :)

[pikeman_95]

Gus
Thanks for the reminder. I think I am going to have to make a batch of cabbage rolls. It reminds me of my mom's cooking. Your pigs in a blanket look great. What recipe did you use for the kielbasa?
KC

[GusRobin]

the one in the recipe site from Mr Walleye

[SiFumar]

Looks fantastic!  What time is dinner? Or did I miss it? :(

[GusRobin]

Looks fantastic!  What time is dinner? Or did I miss it? :(

Christmas day at about 4:00pm

[SiFumar]

Looks fantastic!  What time is dinner? Or did I miss it? :(

Christmas day at about 4:00pm

Do you freeze the cabbage rolls until then?  Dang I wish I could be there!

[pikeman_95]

Gus
I was guessing you might have used that one. It seems rather popular. By the way I have a batch of cabbage rolls in the oven. I went into the fridge to get a snack and after looking around in there I seemed to have most of the ingredients in there. I did a little substitution as usual. I had some German frankfurters that I minced up and mixed with a pound of venison burger add a little boiled rice mixed it all up and made the cabbage rolls. I smothered the rolls with Vertolli Tomato and basil sauce. It looks good I just hope they taste alright. I have been thinking about those things ever since I saw your batch.
KC

[GusRobin]

Looks fantastic!  What time is dinner? Or did I miss it? :(

Christmas day at about 4:00pm

Do you freeze the cabbage rolls until then?  Dang I wish I could be there!

yes I freeze them

[SiFumar]

Thanks...will try freezing them.