Ingredients

  • 1 lg. head cabbage
  • 1 pound chuck, grnd
  • 1/2 c. white rice, uncooked or possibly processed
  • 1 sm. onion, grated
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 lg. onion, sliced
  • 2 (8 ounce.) cans tomato sauce
  • 2 (1 pound 13 ounce.) cans tomatoes (7 c.)
  • Juice of 2 lemons
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 to 1 c. brown sugar, packed

Method

  • Remove 12 large leaves from cabbage.
  • Trim off thick part of each leaf.
  • Let boiling water stand on leaves a few min, so they become easy to roll.
  • Combine meat, rice, grated onion, Large eggs, 1 tsp.
  • salt, 1/4 tsp.
  • pepper.
  • Place mound of meat mix in c. part of each leaf.
  • Loosely fold over sides of each leaf; roll up.
  • Start heating oven to 375 degrees.
  • In bottom of Dutch oven, place a few of remaining cabbage leaves.
  • Arrange layers of stuffed cabbage, with seam side down, and sliced onion in Dutch oven.
  • Pour on tomato sauce, tomatoes, lemon juice.
  • Add in 1 tsp.
  • salt and 1/4 tsp.
  • pepper.
  • Bring to a boil on top of stove.
  • Sprinkle with sugar to taste.
  • Bake, covered, for 1 hour; uncover and bake 2 hrs.
  • As an alternate, you may cook the cabbages in an electric pot (8 qt capacity), bringing them to a boil at 375 degrees and then simmering 1 hour, covered, and 2 hrs uncovered.