Gołąbki


Gołąbki is the Polish name of a dish popular in cuisines of Central Europe, made from boiled cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of minced pork or beef, chopped onions, and rice or barley.
Gołąbki is the plural form of gołąbek, the diminutive form of gołąb, meaning "pigeon", referring to the roll's shape.
Gołąbki are often served during the Christmas season and on festive occasions such as weddings. They are also a featured dish for family reunions amongst Polish Americans. An alternative to the dish are Jewish holishkes, served on Sukkot and Simchat Torah.

Other names

Gołąbki are also referred to as golombki, golumpki, golabki, golumpkies, golumpkis, gluntkes, or gwumpki. Similar variations are called holubky, töltött káposzta, holubtsi, golubtsy, balandėliai, Kohlrouladen German, kåldolmar. In Yiddish, holipshes, goleptzi golumpki and holishkes or holep are very similar dishes.
In the United States, the terms are commonly Anglicized by second- or third-generation Americans to "stuffed cabbage", "stuffed cabbage leaves", or "cabbage casserole".
They are also referred to as "piggies in a blanket" among the Slavic people who settled in the mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.