ITALIAN MEATBALLS IN CABBAGE
LEAVES
 
1 lg. solid head cabbage
2 med. sized onions
1 lb. ground beef
1 egg, beaten slightly
1/2 c. bread crumbs
3/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 c. milk
1 (#1) can tomato sauce

Remove the outside leaves of the head of cabbage, wash, and put into a kettle of boiling water until wilted. Drain and let cool. Chop the remainder of the head of cabbage with the onions, spread in the bottom of a roaster, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Combine the ground meat, egg, crumbs, salt and pepper, lemon juice, and milk. Shape this mixture into small 3-ounce oblong rolls, and roll each tightly in a wilted cabbage leaf. (Should have 8.) Place these rolls on top of the chopped cabbage and onions in the roaster, pour the tomato sauce over all, cover the roaster tightly, and bake in a 300 degree oven for 2 hours.

 

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