Gołąbki [gɔˈwɔmpki] are a form of cabbage rolls. They are a traditional Polish dish made from lightly boiled cabbage leaves, which are wrapped in a parcel-like manner around minced pork or beef meat, chopped onions and/or rice or barley; most often baked and refried in a spicy or sweet-and-sour tomato sauce.
Gołąbki is the plural of gołąbek, the diminutive of gołąb, meaning "pigeon" (this refers to the shape of the roll; none of the ingredients h...
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Gołąbki [gɔˈwɔmpki] are a form of cabbage rolls. They are a traditional Polish dish made from lightly boiled cabbage leaves, which are wrapped in a parcel-like manner around minced pork or beef meat, chopped onions and/or rice or barley; most often baked and refried in a spicy or sweet-and-sour tomato sauce.
Gołąbki is the plural of gołąbek, the diminutive of gołąb, meaning "pigeon" (this refers to the shape of the roll; none of the ingredients have any connection with the pigeon meat known as squab).
Gołąbki are also referred to as golumpki, golabki, Golumpkies or Golumpkis. Similar Eastern European cabbage roll variations are called: Holubky (Slovak), Töltött Kaposzta (Hungarian), Holubtsi (Ukrainian), Golubtsy (Russian), Balandėliai (Lithuanian), Kohlrouladen (German) or Sarma (Turkish loan-word, now commonly applied to some Southern Slavic versions of this dish, particularly in the Carpathian and Balkan regions.) Slovak immigrants to America called this dish "pigs in a blanket" or...
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