Main Course📍 BucovinaMedium🌱 Vegan🥗 Vegetarian✝️ Orthodox fasting🐟 Pescatarian🌾 Gluten-free🥛 Dairy-free🥩 Low-carb / Keto🥦 Clean eating🫒 Mediterranean

Bucovina-style fasting cabbage rolls

Name: Bucovina-style fasting cabbage rolls
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 250 g cracked corn (pasat); 2 large onions, finely chopped; 1 large carrot, grated; 1 small parsnip, grated; 150 g finely chopped mushrooms (optional); 3 tbsp oil; 1 tsp sweet paprika; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; salt and pepper to taste; 35-40 pickled cabbage leaves; 300 ml tomato juice; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp whole peppercorns; 300-400 ml hot water; 2 tbsp oil; chopped pickled cabbage, for layering; warm polenta; hot pepper and pickles

Fasting cabbage rolls with cracked corn (pasat), slowly cooked in a clay pot in the Bucovina tradition. The filling with onion, carrot, parsnip, and thyme tastes rustic, while slow clay-pot cooking keeps the rolls tender and aromatic.

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Servings

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Prep

50 min

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Cook

3 h

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Total

3 h 50 min

🥘Ingredients

servings

Fasting filling

Assembly and simmering

Serving

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✅Dietary Compatibility

🌱Vegan🥗Vegetarian✝️Orthodox fasting🐟Pescatarian🌾Gluten-free🥛Dairy-free🥩Low-carb / Keto🥦Clean eating🫒Mediterranean

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Yield

35-40 cabbage rolls

📦Storage

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Refrigerator

Up to 4 days refrigerated in a covered container

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Freezer

Up to 2 months, portioned

🥗Nutrition Facts

Values per serving (approx. 300 g, without polenta)

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Calories

320 kcal

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Protein

7 g

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Fat

10 g

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Carbohydrates

50 g

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Fiber

6 g

🍷Pairs Well With

🥂Warm polenta

🥂Hot pepper

🥂Pickles

🥂Homemade bread

💡Variations

With porcini: add 150 g chopped porcini to the filling for forest flavor.

With vine leaves: use vine leaves for a more delicate version.

With thyme and dill: add fresh dill to the filling for brightness.