Stuffed Cabbage Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 head cabbage (about 4 lb.)
boiling salted water
1 onion, chopped
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. sausage or if desired, 2 lb. beef
1 1/2 c. cooked rice
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 or 3 Tbsp. bacon fat
1 can Hunt's tomato sauce (medium size)

Preparation

Remove core of cabbage.
Place it in a large kettle of boiling water. Cover and cook 3 minutes or until softened enough to pull off individual leaves. Cut thick center stem from each leaf. Place meat, rice, salt, onion and pepper in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Place a heaping tablespoonful on each leaf.
Tuck sides over filling while rolling leaf around filling. Place a trivet in large Dutch oven.
Put in cabbage rolls.
Pour tomato sauce and 1 can of water over and simmer 1 1/2 hours.