Ingredients: 1 ea onion, chopped. 2 tb butter. 1 ea garlic clove, crushed (optional). 3/4 c uncooked raw rice. 200 g ground beef or veal. 200 g ground pork. 1 ts salt. 1/4 ts pepper. 1 ea whole head cabbage. Boiling water. 2 c beef broth or stock. 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup.
Directions:Stew chopped onion and garlic in butter in a large skillet for 3-5 mins. Add rice, meat, salt, and pepper. Stir just to mix well. Remove from heat. Remove core from cabbage. Place whole head in a large kettle filled with boiling water. Cover and cook for 3 mins. Remove softened outer leaves. Take out all large leaves Cut thick center stem from each leaf. Take one large cabbage leaf at a time,put 1 rounded tablespoonful of meat mixture in center of a leaf. Roll leaves. Put stuffed cabbage leaves with seam down close to each other on a frying pan. Do not make more than 2 layers. Combine beef broth and mushroom soup; Pour over cabbage rolls. Bake in a well heated oven for 1 1/2 hours. http://www.russianfoods.com |