Stuffed Piggies Food

POLISH COAL MINER PIGGIES (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS- GOLABKI) #SUNDAYSUPPER

Steps:

• Remove the core (stem) from the head of cabbage with a long thin knife.Boil head until a leaf separates from the head and remove from the pot with tongs.
• Remove the thick stem from the back of leaf by cutting around it in a "V" shape, repeat this process until you have 12 to 15 leaves.Shred remaining cabbage.
• In a mixing bowl, add the salt, pepper, garlic powder, eggs, and uncooked rice and mix. Mince the green peppers, onions and celery and mix together. Add about 1/2 to 3/4 of the vegetable mixture to the meat mixture, add the rest to the shredded cabbage. Pour the diced tomatoes into a bowl and stir in sugar. .
• Prepare the pan by making a bed of the the cabbage/vegetable mixture.
• Make an elongated meatball and wrap in a cabbage leaf (place the meat at the bottom of the leaf, overlapping the slice that was made to remove the thick stem and roll about halfway (one turn), then tuck the edges of the leaf in and continue to tip of leaf. Place the roll place in the pan. Repeat for all leaves (remember measuring how much meat is in each leaf is based upon the size of the leaf - each one is an individual).
• Pour diced tomato mixture over the piggies.Add tomato juice to fill pans to just over halfway.
• Place bacon strips over piggies (one slice should cover two) and drizzle the maple syrup over the bacon. Cover pans with tin foil.
• Place in oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove tin foil and cook for additional 15 minutes to brown bacon.
• Plate and drizzle some of the juice and shredded cabbage over them. These are usually served with bread (to mop up the juice) and mashed potatoes (also with some of the juice added over them - like gravy).

STUFFED PIGGIES

Steps:

• 1. Bring a large stock pot (12 quart) of water to boil. Core the cabbage and place upside down in the boiling water. ( or freeze head of cabbage the night before, thaw, and will be already softened ready to stuff. After about 5 minutes of blanching, drain cabbage upside down. Begin cutting each leaf from the core, drain on paper towels. Use whatever method might work better for you.
• 2. Carefully remove hard center vein, for easier rolling of the cabbage.
• 3. Chop whatever cabbage is remaining; scatter in the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish or larger. Set aside
• 4. Mix tomato soup with brown sugar, lemon juice vinegar, allspice, salt, crushed tomatoes and 1 1/2 cans of water. Feel free to taste and make sweeter or sour by adding more sugar or vinegar. I always make 1 1/2 times the sauce - we like to have plenty to drizzle over mashed potatoes. I don't like dry cabbage rolls either. Pour a thin layer over the cabbage on the bottom of the casserole.
• 5. Par cook 1 cup of rice in 1 cup of water and 1 tsp of salt for about 6 minutes. set aside. ( you don't want the rice completely cooked.)
• 6. Mix rice with ground beef, par cooked onion, eggs, Worcestershire sauce ,ketchup, paprika, salt and pepper.
• 7. One by one, take a cabbage leaf and cut any hard core at the bottom of the leaf out with by making a small triangle. Place about 1/3 cup or handful of the filling on the leaf, and roll and tuck from the top down. Place in rows in the pan, nice side up.
• 8. Cover with remaining sauce. Cover with foil. If you have leftover meat, make small meatballs and place all around where you have room. Bake 2 - 2 1/2 hours at 325 degree F.
• 9. Note: I sometimes rinse a bag of sauerkraut, drain well, and add that to the bottom of the baking dish. Add a little cracked black pepper, then cover with a small amount of sauce. Then lay my rolls on top... This particular time I did...

ROASTED STUFFED PIG

Steps:

• Salt and pepper inside and outside of the pig. Combine stuffing ingredients and fill cavity of the pig. Roast pig over charcoal and hickory wood, slowly for about 10 to 11 hours at 275 degrees.

STUFFED PIGS IN THE BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Open the breadsticks and spread them flat on a cutting board. Cut each breadstick into thirds, crosswise, and stretch each piece until they are about 2 1/2-inches long.
• Onto the center of each breadstick piece, put a small dab of mustard, chili sauce, cream cheese, a few pieces of pickle, Cheddar, red pepper, and scallion or bacon bits. Place a frank just next to the ingredients and roll the breadstick completely around the frank and filling. Brush the "stuffed pigs" with some egg wash and top each with a small bit of the filling that is inside. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake until golden brown, about 11 to 13 minutes. Serve warm.

HALUPKI (STUFFED CABBAGE)

Steps:

• Place the cabbage in a stockpot with enough water to cover.
• Add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the water and cabbage.
• Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn cabbage every 2-3 minutes and remove leaves that separate from cabbage and place in a strainer to cool. Boil until all the leaves have cooked, about 15 minutes.
• Reserve 12 oz. of cabbage water.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Trim thick center vein off of bottom of each cabbage leaf.
• In a large bowl thoroughly mix together, ground beef, ground pork, rice, chopped onion, fresh parsley, egg, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
• Lightly pack a small amount of meat mixture and place in the center of the cabbage leaf.
• Fold sides over the filling and start at the stem and roll the cabbage up until the meat is encased. Repeat with remaining leaves and filling.
• Cut the leftover leaves into pieces and place into the bottom of a roasting pan.
• Layer the stuffed cabbage rolls over the cut leaves.
• In a bowl, mix the tomato sauce, reserved cabbage water, white vinegar, and white sugar.
• Pour the tomato sauce mixture over the cabbage rolls.
• Cover roasting pan with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until the ground beef mixture is no longer pink in the center, about 2 1/2 hours. Baste stuffed cabbage rolls every hour.