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Sweet-and-Sour Stuffed Cabbage

Delicious dish with a twist

1 medium cabbage

SAUCE
2 Tbsp. margarine
2 onions, sliced
3 cups canned tomatoes, with juice
1 ½ tsps. salt
½ tsp. pepper
Beef bones (optional)

FILLING:
1 pound ground beef
4 Tbsp. Uncooked rice
4 Tbsp. Grated onion
1 egg, beaten
3 Tbsp. cold water

SEASONING:
3 Tbsp. honey
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup seedless raisins

Prepare cabbage by either boiling or freezing method. Remove and check leaves for bugs.

SAUCE: Heat margarine in a 6-quart pot and sauté onions. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper and bones. Cover and cook for 30 minutes.

FILLING:
In a bowl combine meat, rice, onion, egg and water. Place 1 large tablespoon of mixture onto each leaf and roll according to illustrations.

Place cabbage rolls in sauce. Cover and cook for 1 ½ hours over low heat. Sauce should cover at least half the rolls. If more sauce is necessary, add 1 cup tomato juice.

After 1 ½ hours, add honey, lemon juice, and raisins and cook 15 minutes more.

NOTE: Stuffed cabbage freezes well. When reheating defrosted stuffed cabbage, 6 potatoes cut in quarters may be added. Cook until potatoes are tender.

USE: 6-quart pot
YIELDS: 14 to 16 cabbage rolls


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Excerpted from Spice and Spirit, The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook, published by Lubavitch Women's Cookbook Publications

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