Kolozvar Sour Cabbage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 can 32 oz. (2 lb.) sour cabbage
1 lb. smoked cooked ham, ground
salt
black pepper
7 eggs
1 1/2 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. parsley
1 tsp butter
1 c. warm water

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0F.
With 1 tsp butter grease a 13x9x1 inch glass baking dish.
Set aside.
Cook sour cabbage with juices and 1 cup of warm water for about 30 minutes.
When done, strain cabbage.
Meanwhile grind 1 pound cooked smoked ham, add 4 eggs, salt lightly and pepper.
Cut in 1/2 cup fresh parsley, mix well. Put a thin layer of drained cooked sour cabbage on the bottom of baking dish, spread about 1 1/2 cups of ham mixture over the cabbage and repeat the layers.
The last layer has to be sour cabbage.
In a medium mixing bowl mix well 3 eggs with 1 1/2 cups whipping cream.
Pour evenly on top of the last cabbage layer. Bake 1 1/2 hour at 350\u00b0F.