Soft and delicate, they melt in your mouth after the tenderness obtained from the low heat in the wood-fired oven, cabbage rolls are a culinary standard in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Greece. They are traditionally made with leaves of brined cabbage stuffed with ground beef, pork and rice, while meat can also be omitted or substituted with crushed walnuts, pine nuts and raisins. In Greece cabbage rolls are a favorite dish during Christmas time and other non-fasting holidays. In some countries cabbage rolls are traditionally simmered at length in a paprika-based sauce with chunks of smoked bacon. Variations • Lahanodolmades (Λαχανοντολμάδες) – Greece • Töltött káposzta – Hungary • Balandėliai – Lithuania • Halubcy – Belarus • Golubtsy (Голубцы) – Russia • Gołąbki – Poland • Holubci (Голубці) – Ukraine • Kāpostu tīteņi – Latvia • Holubky – Czech Republic and Slovakia • Krouv Memula (כרוב ממולא) – Israel • Kåldolmar – Sweden • Kaalikääryle – Finland • Kapsarull – Estonia • Japrak or Sarma (Sarma me lakër të bardhë) – Albania • Сарма (Sarma) – North Macedonia • Сарма / Sarma – Serbia • Sarma / Сарма or Japrak / Јапрак – Bosnia and Herzegovina • Sarma (Crimea, Ukraine) • Punjeni kupus or Arambašići or Sarma – Croatia • Сарма Sarma - Bulgaria • Sarmale – Romania, Moldova • Sarma – Southeastern Europe and Turkey • Lahana dolması/sarması – Turkey • Kələm dolması – Azerbaijan • Kaghambi tolma (կաղամբի տոլմա) – Armenia • Tolma (ტოლმა) – Georgia • Dolmeye Kalam (cabbage dolma - Iran • Mahashi Malfoof (محاشي ملفوف) - The Arab states of the Gulf • Kohlroulade and Krautwickel – Germany and Austria • Cigares au chou – Quebec • Involtini di cavolo – Italy • Capuns – Graubunden, Switzerland and Lombardy, Italy • Capunet – Piedmont, Italy • Bragioli – Malta • Ouma onder die komberse or Oupa se kouse - South Africa • Niños Envueltos – Argentina and Uruguay • Charuto de Repolho – Brazil • Aluske – Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) • Bai Cai Juan (白菜卷) – China • Rōru kyabetsu (ロールキャベツ) – Japan • Kålrouletter - Norway • Cải bắp cuốn - Vietnam - @eirene_belle