DRINKA'S SARMA - MEAT BALLS IN SAUERKRAUT

DRINKA'S SARMA - MEAT BALLS IN SAUERKRAUT image

Yield 14 rolls

Number Of Ingredients 15

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1,6 kg sauerkraut in whole (leaves are used to roll the meat in them)
600 g grounded beef
1 big onion
1/2 garlic (3-5 cloves)
1 tee-spoon full of grounded sweet peppers
1/2 tee-spoon full black pepper
1 tee-spoon full salt (or vegetarian insant soup powder)
2 spoons oil (sun-flower)
4 spoons hot water
1,5 espresso-cup (small cup) rice
200 g smoke-dried meet (pork or beef) or bacon
pot of hot water
Additional ingredients if you wish:
100g grounded pork
200ml mashed tomatoes

Steps:

Wash sauerkraut with water and cut off the thick wooden inner part of the leaves. Fill mass: Mix other ingredients except for smoke-dried meet in a bowl, until it gets the consistency of light dough. Take 2 spoonfulls of fill mass and roll into a sauerkraut leaf. staple all the rolls in a large pot. put the smoke-dried meet inbetween. cover with one or two spare leaves. Pour in hot water until all rolls are covered. Cover with a plate, so that rolls are always covered with water. Leave to cook slowly and on small fire for 30 mins. Additional instruction: Add mashed potatoes if you wish. Cook additional 10-15 mins.