Gołąbki

Gołąbki [ɡɔˈwɔmpki] are a form of cabbage rolls or stuffed peppers. They are a traditional Polish dish made from lightly boiled cabbage leaves and/or peppers, which are wrapped in a parcel-like manner around minced pork or beef, chopped onions and/or rice or barley; baked in a casserole dish in a 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, golumpkis or gwumpki. Similar European cabbage roll variations are called: holubky (Slovak), töltött káposzta (Hungarian), holubtsi (Ukrainian), golubtsy (Russian),...