Sheet-Pan Sarma: Beef & Pork Rolls
Cabbage leaves stuffed with seasoned ground beef and pork, then baked on a sheet pan with tomato sauce. Balkan comfort food ready in under 30 minutes.
- Total time
- 28 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 285
- Protein
- 22g
Ingredients
- 1 head (~1.5 lb) green cabbage head
- 6 oz ground beef
- 6 oz ground pork
- ½ cup white rice (uncooked)
- 1 can (15 oz) canned tomato sauce
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 cup beef or chicken broth
Instructions
- 1
Core the cabbage and boil it whole in salted water for 5 minutes until leaves soften. Remove, drain, and carefully peel off 8 whole leaves.
- 2
Mix ground beef, ground pork, rice, salt, pepper, and paprika in a bowl until just combined—don't overmix.
- 3
Place 2 tbsp meat filling on the base of each cabbage leaf, roll tightly, and tuck in the sides like an envelope.
- 4
Whisk tomato sauce with vinegar and broth. Spread half the sauce across a sheet pan, arrange rolls seam-side down.
- 5
Pour remaining sauce over the rolls, cover tightly with foil, and bake at 400°F for 18 minutes until rolls are cooked through.
- 6
Remove foil and serve hot, spooning pan sauce over each roll.
Tools you’ll need
- large pot
- 18×13-inch sheet pan
- aluminum foil
- mixing bowl
- spoon
- oven
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