# Sarma Balkan Art

Sarma is a dish made with pickled or vacuumed sauerkraut and a flavorful meat and rice filling, then cooked in the oven or on the stovetop.

- Total time: 110 min
- Cuisine: German
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 Sauerkraut
- 800 g Minced meat
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tasse Uncooked washed rice
- 2 TL Salt
- 2 TL Pepper
- 2 TL Vegeta
- 2 TL Paprika edelsüß (noble sweet paprika)
- 0.5 TL Estragon
- 1 EL Tomato paste/Tomatensauce
- Oil (for Zaprška)
- Flour (for Zaprška)
- Paprika edelsüß (for Zaprška)

## Instructions

1. Remove the stalk and place the sauerkraut leaves in lukewarm water to soak.
2. Fry the onion.
3. Add 400 g of minced meat, tomato paste, salt, pepper, vegeta, paprika edelsüß, and estragon to the pan with the onion and fry.
4. Add the uncooked washed rice to the fried filling.
5. Just before the filling is finished, add the remaining 400 g of raw minced meat on top and stir it in slightly.
6. Remove the stalk from the Sarma leaves.
7. Roll up your Sarma leaves with the filling.
8. Lay out leaves at the bottom of the pot.
9. Layer the rolled Sarma in the pot.
10. Cover the Sarma with a liquid made from water, tomato paste, and additional spices, ensuring everything is nicely covered.
11. Place the Sarma in the oven for 1 hour at 220 °C Umluft with a lid.
12. Prepare the zapirschka by frying oil with flour and adding some noble sweet paprika.
13. After an hour, pour the zapirschka over the Sarma.
14. Put the Sarma back into the oven for another 50 minutes at 200 °C, removing the lid for the last 10 minutes.

## Equipment

- oven
- pot

## Tips

- To keep the filling juicy, add half of the minced meat just before the filling is finished and stir it in slightly.
- For the oven variant, cook for 1 hour at 220 °C with convection and lid, then add Zaprška and cook for another 50 minutes at 200 °C (last 10 minutes without lid).
- For the stovetop variant, cover everything and simmer gently for approximately 2 hours, then add Zaprška and simmer for another 20 minutes.

## Source

- Original video: https://pro.tiktok.com/t/ZGdmF3q6t/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3df09802-194a-4d36-bb7c-025e691befe5
- Extracted: 2025-12-27

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