Holubky (stuffed cabbage)

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1Head cabbage; (about 3 lb)
1poundsGround beef; extra lean
1poundsGround pork
½cupRice; uncooked
1smallOnion; chopped fine
½teaspoonPepper
1tablespoonSalt
1smallSauerkraut; (cans)
1canTomato soup or tomato puree
1teaspoonPaprika

Directions

To prepare cabbage, cut deeply around core to loosen leaves. Boil cabbage about 5 minutes, take leaves apart and set aside to cool. Slice thick stem from cabbage leaves at the top, careful not to cut through the leaves.

Combine the washed rice, meat, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well. Place a good tablespoon on the leaves and roll, closing ends so that the meat will not cook out. Now put a thin layer of sauerkraut on the bottom of the kettle, then place th rolled cabbage in a layer side by side. Cove with sauerkraut and if necessary, repeat second layer, add cup of water, put on to cook for 1 hour. Then add tomato soup or puree and let cook about 1½ hours more over low flame so that it stews more than it cooks to make the rice nice and fluffy.

Recipe by: Dobro Vide-Good Cooking Cookbook Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 194 by Sewgoode@... on Nov 4, 1997