Golubtsi, like other dishes, require cooking skills. Several stages of food preparation are a complex process, so not every housewife takes up cabbage leaves with filling. To make the cabbage rolls tasty, follow the 5 main nuances:
- Freezing cabbage. It is better not to boil it, but to freeze it overnight. Cooks say it's easier that way.
- Do not boil the rice. Just pour boiling water over it and leave it on the table. It will steam while you prepare other products.
- Sauce. It should not be too thick. In this way, you will avoid burning the cabbage rolls.
- Roasting Yes, before sending the cabbage rolls to the pan, fry them in a pan with a small amount of oil until a crust forms.
- Details. The size of the pigeons should be 2 fingers in thickness and no more than 4 in width. Otherwise, the leaves will simply break when wrapping the filling.
Do not forget that all the thick veins must be cut from the cabbage leaves. Minced meat is better to take from pork or beef. According to the given scheme, you can cook the cabbage rolls in 40 minutes (not including the time for preparatory work), and then let them infuse for 30 minutes.