Easy Romanian Sarmale
Romania's cabbage rolls, stuffed with a spiced pork and rice filling and simmered low in tomato sauce for 90 minutes until the cabbage turns meltingly tender.
Ingredients
Instructions
Mix the pork with rice and seasoning.
Keep the filling loose rather than tightly packed, since the rice still needs room to expand as it cooks.
Wrap small portions of filling in softened cabbage leaves, rolling snugly but not so tight that the rice cannot swell.
Simmer the rolls low in tomato sauce for a full 90 minutes, until the cabbage turns meltingly tender and the rice inside is fully cooked.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.