Name: Romanian Sarmale
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 1 head green cabbage; 1 lb ground pork; 1 cup rice; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tbsp caraway seeds; 1 tbsp paprika; 1 tbsp mustard; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 cup chicken broth; 1/2 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup polenta; Salt and pepper to taste; Fresh dill for garnish

A traditional Romanian dish made with cabbage rolls filled with a mixture of pork and rice, served with polenta and sour cream.

Method

Shred the cabbage and set aside. In a bowl, mix the pork, rice, onion, garlic, caraway seeds, paprika, mustard, soy sauce, and salt and pepper.
Take a cabbage leaf and place a spoonful of the mixture in the center. Roll it up and place in a pot.
Repeat with the remaining cabbage leaves and mixture. Add the chicken broth to the pot and cover. Simmer for 1 hour.
Meanwhile, prepare the polenta by cooking the polenta in water until thickened, then stir in the sour cream.
Serve the sarmale with polenta and garnished with dill.
Check that the ground meat reaches 71°C (160°F) throughout before serving.