Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Dolma

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe Dolma with Ground Beef - Armenian Middle Eastern Recipe with lots of garlic, ground beef, and herbs and spices all wrapped up in a cabbage leaf and cooked in a large sauce pot. Its a delicious recipe served with yogurt garlic dressing / sauce.  If you have tried the rest, now try the best!  This recipe is absolutely delicious! Mariette demonstrates in this video tutorial how to make this Cabbage Dolma Recipe! Rolled cabbage.

Instructions:

1) Blanching the Cabbage In a large pot place 3 cups of water and bring to a boil. Peel each cabbage leaf individually and place several carefully into the boiling water and press down with spoon. Blanching should take about a minute per batch. Remove with a slotted spoon. Repeat with the rest of the cabbage.

2) Making the Stuffing: In a bowl, add the ground beef, parsley, mint, rice, paprika, allspice, black pepper, crushed garlic, tomato sauce, lemon juice, salt to taste. Mix together well.

3) Rolling the Cabbage: Take each cabbage segment and place about a tablespoon of stuffing and fold the two sides inward and roll from one end until reaching the other.

4) Cooking the stuffed Cabbage Rolls In a pot, place each roll with the end under so that doesn't unravel. For each layer sprinkle with a little salt and several clove of garlic. Until you finish with all the stuffing and cabbage. Pour water until it reaches the top of the dolmas(Cabbage Rolls).

5) Place a heat resistant plate or kitchen weight, cover the pot with its lid.

6) Cook on medium heat for 40 minutes. Check to see if the rice is cooked, and use a fork to see if the cabbage is very tender then the meal is done.

7) Allow to cool 5 minutes. Can be served with a yogurt garlic sauce.

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