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one large head of green
cabbage
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. pork sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
1 T. minced garlic or 2 cloves minced
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup celery, chopped
1 ~ 14 oz. can Italian style stewed tomatoes
½ cup mushrooms, sliced
pinch of thyme
2 cups cooked white rice
2 T. flour
1 ~ 14 oz. can tomato sauce
Wash
cabbage and cut out the core of the cabbage. Use a large pot that will hold the whole head
of cabbage, add 2 cups water and bring it to a boil. Add the cabbage
bottom side down, cover pot and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and
set aside covered.
In
a large skillet, cook ground beef, sausage, until meat is done, drain off
any fat. Add onion, garlic, salt & pepper, celery, stewed tomato,
mushrooms, and thyme. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes, add the rice,
simmer for 10 minutes longer, adding a little water if needed. Stir in the
flour, remove from heat and set aside.
Mean
while take the cabbage out of the pot, and peel off 7 or 8 whole cabbage
leafs. { If you can't peel enough leafs off, put the cabbage back into the
pot and boil 10 minutes longer }. Remove thick vein from
cabbage leaves for easier rolling. Place about ¼ cup of the meat mixture in the
middle of each leaf; fold in the sides. Starting at an unfolded edge, roll up
leaf to completely enclose filling. Place seam side down filling a 9x13
baking dish with your cabbage rolls. Cover with the tomato sauce. Pre heat oven to 350°
and bake 45 minutes or until hot & bubbly. Serves 6
Serve
the left over cooked cabbage with cooked carrots, butter, salt &
pepper.
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The Lighter
Side;
Substitute;
Ground turkey,
Ground turkey sausage,
wild rice
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