Food / Polish Golabki (Golomki) Recipe [35]

One thing I remember when my Mother made them using the standard recipe (ground beef, onions and rice) is she would cook them in the oven at a lower heat but for a much longer time -- basically you couldn't possibly overcook them -- I'm talking 3 or 4 hours. The cabbage was always tender and meat was quite juicy.

I'd love to make some but lately I've been keeping away from starch, so rice and bread are out. (yeah, I know, what kind of person who claims he's Polish doesn't eat starch?)

Can anyone suggest something that could be added to the meat instead of bread or rice? I'm just afraid that without it, the meat won't really "bind" properly and will wind up being too dry.

Food / Your all time favourite Polish Dishes! [108]

A big vote here for Kapuśniak -- what else. :)
(seriously, it is one of my all-time favourites)

Nothing cleans out the sinuses in the middle of winter like a steaming bowl of real rosoł!

My mom would always make kotety mielone z kartoflamy. But she made so much mashed potatoes that you'd save the leftovers and have fried ziemniaki with a glass of cold milk for lunch the next day.

One thing my mother used to make is something she called "Kałduny". Basically, it's ground pork wrapped in potato dough (what you get when you're making Placki Ziemniaczane but with most of the liquid squeezed out) then boiled. And my mother made them big -- at least the size of a baseball or a large grapefruit! And the next day, cut up and fried with bacon, they were even better.

Oh man, the memories.