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Golabki Soup (Polish Cabbage Roll Soup)

Golabki soup is the Polish cabbage roll taken apart and cooked in one pot.

60 min✻6 servings✻310 kcal
Golabki Soup (Polish Cabbage Roll Soup)

Ingredients

  • ground pork500 g
  • white cabbage700 g
  • white rice100 g
  • tomato passata400 ml
  • onion1 pcs
  • carrot1 pcs
  • garlic2 cloves
  • meat broth1500 ml
  • bay leaf2 pcs
  • allspice berries4 pcs
  • vegetable oil1 tbsp
  • salt1.5 tsp
  • black pepper0.5 tsp
  • sour cream6 tbsp

Method

  1. 1Heat the oil in a heavy pot and brown the ground pork, breaking it up as it cooks. Give it time to colour rather than steam; that browning is most of the flavour of the broth.
  2. 2Add the diced onion and the grated carrot, cook for five minutes until soft, then add the garlic for the last thirty seconds.
  3. 3Stir in the tomato passata and cook it for two or three minutes until the colour deepens and the raw tomato edge is gone.
  4. 4Pour in the broth, drop in the bay leaves, allspice berries and black pepper (0.5 tsp), and bring the pot to a gentle simmer.
  5. 5Add the shredded cabbage, including the core chopped fine, and simmer for 15 minutes until it softens but keeps some bite.
  6. 6Rinse the rice and add it. Cook for another 15 to 18 minutes until tender, adding broth if the soup thickens more than you want.
  7. 7Take the pot off the heat and let it stand for 10 minutes. Fish out the bay and allspice, adjust the salt, and serve with a spoonful of sour cream in each bowl.