Cabbage Rolls with Beef in Tomato Sauce

Prepare the ingredients. Prepare all the ingredients - we will be cooking with them in a moment 👩‍🍳✨

Chop the onion. Finely chop the onion 🧅

Dice the bacon. Cut the bacon into small cubes 🥩

Fry the bacon. Fry the bacon in a skillet over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes until golden 🥩

Fry the onion. Add half of the chopped onion 🧅

Add the ground meat. Add the ground meat, season with salt and pepper, and fry over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until the meat firms up and turns golden brown 🥩

Add the ground paprika. Add the ground paprika and fry over low heat for about 1 minute, then remove from the heat and let the mixture rest briefly

Place the cabbage in boiling water. Blanch the cabbage leaves in boiling salted water over medium heat for about 1 minute, then quickly cool them in cold water 🥬

Wrap the cabbage rolls. Wrap the meat mixture in the cabbage leaves, trimming the thick stem part if necessary to make them easier to roll 🥬

Cut the remaining cabbage into strips. Cut the remaining cabbage leaves into thin strips 🥬

Fry the remaining onion. In a pot, fry the remaining onion in a little oil over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes, until translucent 🧅

Add the cabbage, water and crushed tomatoes. Add the sliced cabbage, stock cube, a little water (or broth) and crushed tomatoes, and stir 🥬🍅

Place the rolls in the pot. Place the rolls in the pot, cover with a lid and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes 🍲

Remove the rolls and blend the sauce. After cooking, remove the rolls and blend the sauce until smooth 🍲

Serve. Serve with sour cream 🍽️✨