Ingredients
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1 head cabbage, center core removed
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2 -3 tablespoons butter
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1 cup chopped onion
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1 lb ground beef
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1 lb ground pork
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1 lb ground veal
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2 cups cooked white rice
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1 cup tomato paste
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2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
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1 1/2 cups water or 1 1/2 cups beef broth
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1 tablespoon brown sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon pepper
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1/4 teaspoon celery salt
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1/4 teaspoon parsley
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1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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4 carrots, sliced
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16 ounces mushrooms, quartered
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2 bay leaves
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2 eggs, slightly beaten
Instructions
- Parboil cabbage in a large pot, removing leafs as they fall off into the water and are tender.
- Cook till all leaves are tender, but not ripping apart; usually 15.
- Run under cold water and drain.
- Cut the thick membrane off back of each leaf.
- While cabbage is cooking saute onion in butter until lightly browned.
- Put all the uncooked meat into a large mixing bowl add eggs.
- Add the sauteed onions.
- Next add salt pepper, celery salt, parsley, nutmeg, and Worcestershire sauce along with the cooked rice.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Lay out leaves and depending upon their size, place 2-3 tablespoons of meat mixture on the wider side.
- Roll leaf up and over meat, tuck in sides of leaf, and continue to roll to use all leaves and stuffing.
- Place rolls, seam down into a greased roasting pan.
- Then layer carrots and mushrooms over cabbage.
- Mix together the tomato paste, crushed tomatoes, water and brown sugar and pour evenly over all the rolls.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and bay leaves.
- Cover roaster and bake 325°F for 2- 21/2 hours.
- Half way through baking check to make sure there's enough liquid; additional water can be added.
- To serve, spoon sauce over rolls.
- Serve with mashed potatoes!
- Check my recipes for garlic mashed potatoes. http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/garlic-masshed-potatoes?chef=58104.