Award-winning Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 head cabbage
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup rice
• 1 grated onion
• 1 onion, stuck with
• 3 cloves
• 1 egg
• salt and pepper
• 2 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 8 gingersnaps, crushed

Recipe

• 1 cut the core out of the cabbage. remove 12 large leaves. steam the leaves until they are soft enough to roll. trim off the heavy, centre ribs from the leaves.
• 2 mix the meat, rice, grated onion, egg, salt and pepper. place 1 tablespoon of the mixture at the end of each cabbage leaf. roll the leaves up, tucking in the sides.
• 3 place the cabbage rolls in a pot. cover them with water. add the other onion, bay leaf, lemon juice, brown sugar and tomato paste to the pot. cover the pot and cook slowly for 1 hour. stir gently.
• 4 add the raisins and gingersnaps. simmer for 15 minutes more.
• 5 take the cabbage rolls out of the pot. put them side by side in a baking pan. pour the souse over them. bake at 375°f for 30 minutes.
• 6 when the sauce is thick and the cabbage rolls are brown, they are ready. happy eating!