Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients :

• 1 head of cabbage
• 1 cup rice
• 1 tsp salt + 1/2-tsp salt
• 11/2-cups boiling water
• 1 medium onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 to 5-tbsp butter
• 1/2-lb ground pork
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 28oz cans tomato sauce
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried basil

Directions :

Add rice to salted water and bring to a fast boil

Turn down to simmer until water is gone

Meanwhile, sauté onions and garlic in butter until golden

In bowl, combine onion, garlic, meat, rice, and season with salt & pepper, oregano and basil

Cut deeply into the core of the cabbage and remove

Fill a Dutch oven with 1″ of water, and simmer water

Place the cabbage in the Dutch oven core side down

Check the cabbage every couple of minutes, trying to take a leaf or two off until you accumulate enough to get started

Take each leaf and add 2-3 tbsp of the mixture and roll

Place in roasting pan, lined with leaves

Cover with tomato sauce

Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 325*

Lower heat to 250* and bake until tender, about 3 hours