Stuffed Cabbage
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INGREDIENTS
  • Filling:
  • 1 ½ pounds ground beef
  • ½ cup uncooked rice
  • 3 tsps. oil
  • 1 medium onion, minced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • Sauce:
  • 3 Tbsp. oil
  • 2 Tbsp. flour
  • 1 46-oz can tomato juice
  • 3 to 4 Tbsp. tomato paste
  • ½ cup sugar or ¼ cup honey
  • 2 bay leaves or juice of 1 lemon
  • salt to taste
  • 1 large apple, peeled and diced
  • ¼ cup raisins
DIRECTIONS
  1. Prepare cabbage by either boiling or freezing method.
  2. Remove and check leaves.
  3. FILLING: Combine all ingredients for meat mixture in a bowl and mix well. Roll cabbage leaves according to illustrations.
  4. SAUCE: Heat oil in 8-quart pot, stir in flour, and cook until brown. Add rest of ingredients in order listed. Bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add cabbage rolls carefully, placing them in sauce one by one. The rolls may be piled in layers if necessary.
  5. Cook on low flame for 2 hours, adding more water if necessary.
  6. USE: 8-quart pot
  7. YIELDS: 18 Cabbage Rolls