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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Russian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. *NOTE: Must have the outer leaves attached. | 2. **NOTE: Tvorog, a Russian cheese avalaible in Slavic groceries is what this is usually made with but the cottage cheese can substitute. | 3. Peel outer leaves from cabbage. | 4. Core cabbage. | 5. Blanch outer leaves in boiling water for 4-5 minutes. | 6. Set leaves aside after drining. | 7. Cut cabbage head into 1" chunks. | 8. Pour Milk/Half-&-Half into a large pot. | 9. Add cabbage, cover & simmer for 25-30 minutes. | 10. Drain cabbage & mince. | 11. When cabbage was cooking you must have saute'd onion in butter. | 12. Use a large bowl. In ti you mjust mix cabbage, onion, bread crumbs, seasonings, & egg yolks. | 13. Add butter from skillet used to cook onions. | 14. Beat egg whites until slightly stiff & then fold into mixture. | 15. Mix well. | 16. Place a clean cloth such as a dish towel on your table. | 17. Lay your blanched outer leaves on this cloth so that they overlap. | 18. Be sure to place them so that they can hold the mixture. | 19. Place mixture in center of these leaves. | 20. Very carefully roll up leaves so filling is in center. | 21. Fold ends of cylinder into center so the mixture is enveloped completely. | 22. Bring corners of towel together & tie with a string. | 23. Place this into a colander to retain shape. | 24. Place colander into a large pot with 3" - 4" of water. | 25. Seal lid onto pot tightly. | 26. Bring water to a boil & simmer cabbage for 45-50 minutes. | 27. Remove towel package from colander. | 28. Place on a table. | 29. Open package & place cabbage bundle on a large platter. | 30. Invert platter onto another platter. | 31. Remove towel & serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
white cabbage	1			-	-	-	-
onion	1 1/2	cups	minced	96.0	22.416	2.64	0.24
fine white bread crumb	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	3/4	cup		111.63	8.7474	5.7645	5.9841
butter	4	tablespoons		342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
sugar	1	tablespoon		55.062	13.7724	0.0	0.0
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
marjoram	1	teaspoon		1.626	0.3634	0.076	0.0422
egg white	5			85.8	1.2045	17.985	0.2805
egg yolk	3			164.22	1.8309	8.0886	13.5354
cottage cheese	1	cup	drained	205.8	7.098	23.351999999999997	9.03
cayenne pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.431	0.2548	0.054000000000000006	0.0777
white pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.