Cabbage Rolls With Tomato Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 None cabbage leaves
1 lb ground beef
2 None onions, peeled and diced
1 clove garlic, peeled and finely diced
1 roll stale bread, soaked in cold water, crust removed
1 None egg
2 oz long grain rice
None None paprika, to taste
2 tbsp canola oil
1 - 15 None can chopped tomatoes
1 cup vegetable stock
1 pinch sugar
10 sprigs fresh thyme, finely chopped

Preparation

Blanch cabbage leaves in boiling salted water. Mix ground beef, 1/2 the onion, garlic, bread, egg and rice in a bowl. Season and add paprika, to taste. Distribute between cabbage leaves, roll up and tie with butcher's twine. Set aside.
Heat oil in a large frying pan, add remaining onion and saute for 4 mins. Deglaze pan with tomatoes and stock, bring to a boil, add sugar and thyme and season. Reduce heat, add stuffed cabbage, cover and simmer for 45 mins. Serve garnished with thyme.