Sunday, February 10, 2013

Sarma

Sarma is considered Bulgaria's national dish, but not with pickled cabbage, as is common in Croatia, but with fresh white cabbage, while preparing a Greek stuffed grape leaves.
Preparation time: 180 min.

Ingredients :

  • 2 heads of sauerkraut
  • 1 kg minced meat
  • 300 g of rice
  • 150 g of dried meat
  • 2 carrots
  • small onion
  • salt,pepper,vegeta
Browned flour:

  • 50 ml oil 
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 teaspoon tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
or:

  • 25 ml water
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
First stepClean and wash the rice. Finely chop the onion. Carrots cut into cubes.
Second stepIn bowl add meat, rice, onion and carrot, pepper, add a little vegeta and very little salt (brine never full because cabbage and meat are salted enough).
Third stepSeparate the sheet at sauerkraut. With each leaf with a knife carefully remove the thick veins - they are not lubricated in order of the bottom edges.

Fourth step: At each leaf of cabbage soup spoon to put charging. Fold cabbage filling the left and right sides and roll. Sarma line up in a pan, stacked side by side. In each row insert a piece of dried meat, preferably between charm.
Fifth stepPress the cabbage dish. In another pot boil water and pour over cabbage. Let the water level does not exceed the edges of the plate. Allow to boil water - as soon as that happens, reduce the heat and cook the cabbage 1h time.
Sixth stepAfter an hour, make a roux. In a pan heat the oil, then get out of the top. Stirring constantly, add the flour, tomato sauce and red pepper. Return the pan to the stove and stir browned flour minute or two. 

Seventh stepCarefully dismount the plate edges. Pour over cabbage and stir browned flour as you can. Bring back plate and leave her to cook more time to 1h lowest temperature.

You're done with the preparation of meals. This is a meal for 4 people.
 Enjoy and bon appetit!


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