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MAIN DISH RECIPE:
Cabbage Rolls

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

Add sauce and cook

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


Ready to eat

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