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Isn’t the word “Golumpki” simply fantastic?
Golumpki is the Polish name for cabbage roll, a fantastically time consuming Eastern-European delicacy that I am way too lazy to make.
So, I turned it into soup, ’cause soup is easy.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of browned ground beef (approx 2 pounds)(See ***NOTE in Step 1)
- salt and pepper as desired
- 4 cups of shredded cabbage
- 1 cup of shredded carrots
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 4 cloves of minced garlic
- 12 cup of tomato puree
- 1 cup of white vinegar
- 2 tbsp of oregano
- 2 tbsp basil
- 4 tsp brown sugar
Instructions:
1. ) In a large skillet, brown ground beef with onions and garlic. (***NOTE: Â This can also be made using the raw pack method – I tried it just the other day and the results are identical)
2.) Â Prep your shredded veggies and prepare to layer.
When making soups, I recommend layering the ingredients. Â I don’t always precook the ingredients together because they will meld in the pressure cooker and while they are on the shelf awaiting your consumption. Â The reason for layering the ingredients is so that you get a somewhat equal amount of each item in your soup. Â Otherwise you run the risk of having a jar of really chunky meaty soup and a jar of mostly broth.
3.) Â Divide your ingredients by the number of jars you’ll be using. Â I used four sanitized 2-quart jars for this recipe. Proceed to layer the ingredients in equal parts in the following order: meat, cabbage, carrots.
4.)   In a blender, puree your tomatoes. You can used canned tomatoes, tomato juice from your garden, or a vegetable-tomato juice mixture. Add your sugar, vinegar and herbs to this.
5.) Â Fill the jar the rest of the way with water, leaving an inch of headroom.
5.)  Process in a pressure canner at 10-11 pounds for 90 minutes.   Be sure to adjust for altitude.
When it’s time to serve your Great Golumpki, you can do it in a few different ways:
- As is, right out of the jar
- With 1 cup of already cooked rice stirred into it
- Cook a cup of rice in the soup, which will soak up most of the liquid, turning it into more of a Great Golumpki casserole.
- Some people like golumpkis topped with sour cream.
