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Title: Let the farting begin!
Post by: K Frame on February 14, 2020, 09:42:46 AM

Growing up in Central Pennsylvania you see a lot of Central European traditional food along with the German-influenced foods.

One of my favorites has always been cabbage rolls, or Golabki (Polish) or Halupki (Austro Hungarian). But, they're a huge pain in the ass to make.

But don't worry, there's a casserole for that! All of the flavor of traditional cabbage rolls with none of the tedious peeling leaves from the cabbage head and wrapping the filling.

I've made this a couple of times in the past, but haven't made it recently. It's going to be cold and raw here this weekend, so I think it's a good time to give it a go. I use ground turkey instead of beef or pork which is most common, and normally use cheddar cheese instead of mozzarella.

https://www.smalltownwoman.com/cabbage-roll-casserole/

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: Andiron on February 14, 2020, 05:54:19 PM

Cabbage rolls or casserole are just delightful cold weather food.

I have nothing of value to add to this thread,  just gut rumbles from reading the description.  Yum.   Hope yours are great.

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: K Frame on February 15, 2020, 09:28:42 AM

A couple of years ago I made it for my Mom and my brother and SIL stopped by. My brother is not a big casserole fan, but this he went nuts over. Went back 3 or 4 times.

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: charby on February 15, 2020, 09:47:44 AM

I wish my wife would eat this, I know I would Houdini it.

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: Ron on February 15, 2020, 01:02:05 PM

Growing up the galumpki that grandma made didn't feature a red sauce. Neither did my mothers.

After my parents divorced my mother started using a tomato sauce.

Maybe grandpa didn't care for the tomato sauce so dad didn't like it either.

Anyway, galumpki made with just a beef gravy is very yummy also.

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: K Frame on February 15, 2020, 01:12:37 PM

I've heard of the beef gravy cabbage rolls, but I've never seen them.

The alternative I've had, though, and it's freaking awesome?

Cabbage rolls in sour cream sauce.

Title: Re: Let the farting begin!
Post by: K Frame on February 24, 2020, 11:21:41 AM

OK, finally got around to making this again.

I pulled a recipe from Taste of Home as a guide to ingredients, but not quantities. I played around with those as I felt necessary.

I also parboiled the cabbage for about 2 minutes to make sure that it would properly cook in the casserole.

Finally, I used a combination of Colby & Monterrey Jack cheese instead of Mozzarella. Turned out VERY VERY good, but the spice balances are a bit off. I'll need to mess with them some.