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Recipe Tags: Time To Make Course Main Ingredient Cuisine Preparation Occasion For Large Groups Main Dish Beef Pork Vegetables European Holiday Event Dietary One Dish Meal Christmas New Years Low Carb Ground Beef Low In Something Meat Pork Ribs Number Of Servings 4 Hours Or Less

Sarma Croatian Sauerkraut Rolls

Origin of this meal is turkish. They also call this meal the same. there are many ways of making “sarma” and they differ according to the region. This recipe is my mother who is an expert in “sarma” making. It is also old recipe, actually my grandmother recipe.

Steps

Take the whole sauerkraut head and remove leaves carefully avoiding damaging them.
1500 g should give about 20 to 25 sarmas.
Cut the thick part at the bottom of each leaf.
Mix grounded beef , pork and bacon.
Add two eggs and very finely minced onion.
Cook rice until half done and add into meat.
Add salt , pepper and mix hard.
Take leaf of sauerkraut and put meat in it and make a small package making sure to close ends.
I dont know how to explain it but you have to press leaf end into.
Do it until you have enough meat or leaves.
Take a really large pot and start to put sarmas in it.
At the bottom put smoked bacon skins if you have any , than one layer of sarmas , one layer bacon or pork ribs.
Also add sliced sauerkraut in between.
After you lay all sarmas and bacon , ribs and sliced sauerkraut , pour 2 cups of brine over everything.
Cook for about 1 hour on mild fire.
Some people , and im among them like to add this: take small pan , melt lard and fry flour until browni.

Ingredients

sauerkraut, brine, ground beef, ground pork, bacon, eggs, salt, black pepper, onions, rice, pork ribs, lard, flour, paprika