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Ingredients

  • 1 solid head cabbage
  • 1 c. rice
  • 1 large chopped onion
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 1/2 lb. meat loaf mixture
  • 2 eggs
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • raisins
  • 2 cans tomato soup

Method

  • Core head of cabbage.
  • Set cabbage hole down in large pot with 1 or 2 inches of water and steam.
  • Pull off leaves, one by one (total of about 22 to 26).
  • Cook rice.
  • Saute chopped onion in butter.
  • Mix meat loaf mixture with the rice and onion mixture with your hands.
  • Add eggs to the mixture and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Take each cabbage leaf and put some meat in the middle. Wrap envelope-style tightly.
  • Put 1 small box of raisins on bottom of pan.
  • Tightly pack 2 rows of cabbage balls in same pot as you boiled cabbage.
  • Sprinkle another few raisins on top.
  • Add tomato soup and 2 cans water.
  • Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
  • Serve with mashed potatoes and cucumber salad.