Arambasici (Croatian Sour Cabbage Rolls)
Arambašići are a speciality from Sinj, Croatia. Unlike some other cabbage rolls, which use fresh leaves, these are rolled up in whole pickled cabbage leaves.
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"Arambasici (Croatian Sour Cabbage Rolls)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Arambasici_(Croatian_Sour_Cabbage_Rolls), revision 4509907), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Arambasici_(Croatian_Sour_Cabbage_Rolls)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 600 g beef (best from the neck), finely chopped
- 150 g smoked ham or bacon, finely chopped
- 50–60 g suet from ox kidneys, finely chopped
- 200 g pork, finely chopped
- Mutton (optional), finely chopped
- 2 large onions, chopped
- Some garlic
- Cloves
- Grated lemon rind
- Salt
- Pepper
- Some ground cinnamon
- 2–3 cloves, crushed
- 1 grind nutmeg
- 1 head of whole pickled cabbage (sauerkraut) or fresh white of grape leaves
- Smoked pork
- Smoked ham or tongue
- Broth or water
Method
- Combine the beef, ham, suet, pork, and mutton in a bowl.
- Add the chopped onions, garlic cloves, grated lemon rind, salt, pepper, a little cinnamon, crushed cloves, and ground nutmeg.
- Mix all the ingredients well; knead together with your hands, if desired.
- Separate the leaves from the sauerkraut head, setting aside the better ones for stuffing.
- Cut away part of the leaf stalk at the base.
- Add a spoonful of the meat mixture to each kraut leaf.
- Roll the Arambašici from the base of each leaf, and fold the ends together well so that they do not fall apart during cooking.
- Put 1 spoonful of grease in a deep stoneware casserole dish.
- Pack and layer the Arambašici rolls tightly next to one another in the casserole dish.
- Layer smoked meat between the layers of kraut rolls.
- Pour the broth or water over the Arambašici. Cover tightly and cook 3–4 hours over low heat.
- Shake casserole form several times, but do not stir.