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Sarma

Also known as: Сарма

Gordana’s sarma is a Macedonian winter dish of sour-cabbage leaves around a meat-and-rice filling.

About Sarma

Gordana’s sarma is a Macedonian winter dish of sour-cabbage leaves around a meat-and-rice filling. The rolls sit closely together over a layer of sliced cabbage.

Bacon, onion and garlic add savoury depth to the filling. Parsley and red pepper accompany the rice and minced meat.

The softened cabbage forms a tangy outer layer around the substantial filling. The dish has a compact arrangement of rolls, and an optional roux gives its surrounding liquid a thicker consistency.

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Ingredients in Sarma

Gordana’s Macedonian sour-cabbage sarma.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Sour cabbage leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual7 whole sour cabbage, broader pickled-cabbage candidate; leaves and sliced bed19 consolidated, fermentation subformula unknown.
  • Minced meat, animal unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual8 no species inferred.
  • Bacon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal9 named bacon; full product formula unprovided.
  • Red pepper, form unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual10 no hot/sweet species or powder form inferred from teaspoon.
  • Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Oil, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual14 required but method placement not stated, botanical identity unprovided.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Spices, unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual15/17 named additional spice allocation, membership unknown.
  • Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method17 literal chopped parsley.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal20 covers rolls, not inferred from bare simmer verb.
  • Roux (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual22 optional named prepared thickener, full food/formula unknown; no own applicable full recipe link.

Origins & food traditions

North Macedonia association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.

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Cuisines & regions

Sources & references
  1. SARMA — Gordana, Macedonian cuisine