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Romanian Sarmale with Spiced Meat and Rice

Name: Romanian Sarmale with Spiced Meat and Rice
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 12 large cabbage leaves; 1 pound ground pork; 1 pound ground beef; 1 onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 cup cooked rice; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; salt and pepper to taste; sour cream for serving

Traditional Romanian stuffed cabbage rolls filled with a meat mixture and served with sour cream.

70 minutes4 servings

Method

Blanch cabbage leaves in boiling water until tender.
In a bowl, mix pork, beef, onion, garlic, rice, caraway seeds, salt, and pepper.
Place a spoonful of the meat mixture on each cabbage leaf, roll tightly.
Arrange in a pot, cover with water, and simmer for 1 hour.
Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
Check that the ground meat reaches 71°C (160°F) throughout before serving.

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