Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients

• 5 lbs sour cabbage head Separate cabbage leaves and cut larger leaves into desired sizes
• 4 lbs ground beef
• 1 1/2 cups long grain rice
• 2 medium chopped onion
• 48 ozes tomato juice
• pinch salt, pepper & paprika to taste

Directions

Mix tomato juice with equal amount of water.Pre-cook rice in 3 cups of tomato juice mixture.Let cool. Add rice and approx. 1/2 cup of juice to meat filling. Place mix on leaves and roll .

Pack rolls in a heavy pot, using bottom rack or leaves to prevent scorching. Cover rolls with remaining tomato juice mixture. Bring to a boil then simmer till tender. About 1 1/2 hours. Keep level of liquid over rolls during cooking to prevent dryness.

Freezes well.
Serves 4-5 people