Recipe For Sarmas

Sarma: Best Traditional Balkan Stuffed Sour Cabbage …

WEBOct 20, 2017 · Choose from smoked beef, smoked ham, bacon, ham hock, and/or ribs. Roux ingredients for sarma: Tomato paste: any tomato …

1. In a larger bowl, combine all filling ingredients and mix with your hands until integrated. Set aside.
2. Separate cabbage leaves from the cabbage head one by one, and wash each in lukewarm water. (After the wash taste to see if they are too salty. If yes, wash again.)
3. Place cabbage leaves on a cutting board (one by one), and cut out the thick middle vein from each leaf. (Keep veins for later.) Proceed to cut each leaf in half. (If leaves are large, you may have to cut them in quarters.)
4. Place one cut leaf in your hand and put one tablespoon of the filling on in the middle of the upper end. Fold the longer end on left side of the filling toward the filling, and roll everything away from you, squeezing lightly as you roll. Once rolled, tuck the right side of the leaf in with your finger. (You’ll essentially end up with a tiny burrito-like roll.) Set aside.

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