Ingredients

  • 1 whole head cabbage (about 4 lb.)
  • boiled water
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 1/2 lb. ground beef
  • 1/2 lb. ground pork
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 c. cooked rice
  • 1 (10 oz.) can condensed tomato soup
  • 2 (15 oz.) cans tomato sauce (Del Monte)
  • 2 tsp. Spatini
  • 1 stick butter (1/4 lb.)

Method

  • Remove core from cabbage.
  • Place whole head in a pot with boiling water. cover, cook 3 minutes or until softened enough to pull off individual leaves.
  • Cut thick center stem from each leaf. Chop remaining cabbage.
  • Saute onion in butter; add meat, rice, eggs and Saptini; mix thoroughly.
  • Place a heaping tablespoon of meat mixture on each cabbage leaf.
  • Tuck sides over filling while rolling leaf around filling.
  • Place half the chopped cabbage on bottom of a large pot or Dutch oven or pan (oven).
  • Fill with layers of the cabbage rolls.
  • Cover with remaining chopped cabbage. Combine tomato soup and tomato sauce, mix until smooth.
  • Pour over cabbage rolls.
  • Cover and bring to boiling.
  • Reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
  • Serve cabbage rolls with the sauce.