Ingredients
1 medium yellow cabbage
1 cup rice
2 1/2 cups water
1 large Onion; finely chopped
3 tb Butter o
1/2 lb Ground beef & 1/2 pound of ground pork
1 Egg
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1 Garlic clove; minced
1 can (15-oz) tomato sauce
Preparation
Remove core from cabbage. Place in a pot of boiling water to cover and cook for 10-15 minutes. Drain, cool and separate leaves. Trim down thick stem on each leaf. Bring 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil and add rice. Over medium heat, cook rice for 5 minutes, or until it has absorbed all the water. Set aside. Saute minced onion in 3 tablespoons butter or margarine. Combine the meat, rice, onion, egg, salt, pepper and garlic. Mix thoroughly. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place about 3 heaping tablespoons of meat ans rice filling on each leaf. Roll the leaf, tucking sides either inside or under. Repeat with remaining leaves. Place the cabbage rolls close together in a baking dish or Dutch oven. Pour the tomato sauce, diluted with 1 cup water, over the rolls. Cover and bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hours.
