Beef  Leaf  Rolls Recipe 

 

This romanian recipe is for a dish that is similiar to sarmale.

 

Ingredients:

 

700g chopped or ground beef
150g rice
3 carrots suitable
5 onions
2 eggs
1 parsley
1 dill
pepper
salt 
Beet or Cabbage leaves
3 g tomato paste
200 ml cream

 

Preparation:

 

Cook a head of cabbage or beet leaves under the leaves are soft and pliable.

 

In a bowl, add the chopped meat, the finely chopped onions, the grated carrots, washed rice, eggs, tomato paste, the finely herbs, salt and pepper and mix the contents, together.

 

On each sheet of the cooked leaf put about 30 grams of the composition and then roll the leaves and inert the ends inside.  Place the leaves into a pot and cover with water.  Bring the pot to a boil and then drain the pot and place the beef leaf rolls into a casserole dish.  Bake in 180 celcius oven for about 45 minutes or until done.

 

Serve with sour cream on top.

 

 

 

                                                                

Bibliography
Gourmet literary album - Bucharest 1982
Gourmet literary album Bucharest 1972
Cookbook - Didi Balmez,Technical Publishing, Bucharest 1978
Cookbook - Bucharest 1960