Holubtsi

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 large Cabbage
1 cup Long grain rice
1 cup Boiling water
1 teaspoon Salt
3 slices Bacon cooked crisp diced
1½ cup Chopped onion
½ pounds Ground pork
½ pounds Ground beef
1 Egg
1½ teaspoon Garlic salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
1½ cup Tomato juice
Salt and pepper

Directions

Core cabbage. Place in deep pot of boiling water. Let stand until Leaves are soft and pliable. Remove from water separate leaves.

Return head to boiling water if inside require softening. Pare down centre of each leaf. Add salt and rice to boiling water cover and turn off heat. Let stand until rice absorbs water In large frying pan saute onion in bacon drippings until tender. Add pork and beef, cook until lightly browned. Combine with rice cool slightly then add beaten egg, garlic and salt and pepper. Line bottom of baking pan with cabbage leaves. Place heaping tablespoons of the meat mixture onto a cabbage leaf. Roll once tuck in sides and roll completely.

Arrange rolls in layers in casserole. Season each layer with salt and pepper. Pour tomato juice over rolls. Cover with two or three cabbage leaves Cover tightly and Bake at 350 for 1 hr. Uncover and bake an additional ½ hr also baste. Serve hot with bacon crisps or sour cream or tomato sauce.

Submitted By ELEANOR MURRAY On 03-29-95

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