essen.
Cooking Cabbage:
This is
For the stuffed cabbage, cook the lentils according to
arge leaves from the cabbage. Reserve the remaining cabbage for another use
Remove core from cabbage, place cabbage head in steamer and steam
ntil ready to stuff the cabbage leaves.
To prepare the
Prep the cabbage: Bring a large pot of
ough to easily hold cabbage head.
Add cabbage, and cook for
alt to the water and cabbage.
Bring water to a
Remove core from cabbage.
Separate the leaves and
he tough outer leaves from cabbage. Remove 2 large leaves and
minutes.
Core the cabbage and place in a large
nter core of the cabbage.
Add cabbage to the water and
auce is cooking, prepare cabbage.
Discard any tough outer
Boil cabbage long enough that leaves separate
eaves from the head of cabbage, and place them in a
ough green outer leaves from cabbage; with sharp knife, remove core
Cut cabbage head in half.
In
or thirty minutes.
For Cabbage Rolls.
While sauce simmers
Add meat, spices, onions and rice and mix well with hands. Core cabbage.
Place in large pan of salted water.
Scald cabbage and separate leaves.
Cut vein and discard.
Roll meat in cabbage leaf and tuck inside. Place on a layer of extra cabbage. Brown bacon and mix with soup. Pour over stuffed cabbage.
Cook about 1 1/2 hours.
Use large outside leaves of cabbage.
Place in boiling water 5 minutes to soften.
Combine meat, rice, egg, salt, pepper and half the raisins.
Put a generous amount on each leaf; fold in sides. Roll up and fasten with wooden picks.
Shred the heart of cabbage.
Line bottom of heavy kettle with shredded cabbage.
Put stuffed cabbage on top.
Add remaining shredded cabbage, onion, raisins, lemon juice, sugar, tomatoes and water.
Simmer gently for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.