STUFFED CABBAGE 
1 lg. head cabbage
2 strips bacon
1 chopped onion
2 lbs. ground beef or 1 lb. ground beef & 1/2 lb. EACH of ground pork & ground veal
1 c. water
1 clove garlic on toothpick
1/2 c. uncooked rice
1/ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 (28 oz.) can tomatoes
2 cans tomato soup
2 tbsp. brown sugar
Dash caraway seeds

Wilt cabbage in boiling water (remove core first, then carefully remove leaves, trim hard veins). Fry bacon until crisp and onion until tender.

Blend together rice, seasonings and meat. Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture in each cabbage leaf and roll up. Secure with toothpicks if necessary. Place cabbage rolls in large Dutch oven on top of extra chopped up cabbage leaves.

Mix the tomatoes, soup, water, sugar and caraway seeds and pour over cabbage rolls. Place clove of garlic on top. Simmer on stove top about about 1 1/2 hours. DO NOT STIR.

Serve with mashed potatoes, rye bread and kosher pickles.

Serves 6-8.

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Stuffed Cabbage
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 George Zeller (Florida) says:
This recipe is very close to what I am looking for. I am looking for a German recipe for filled cabbage where the cabbage is 1st placed in hot water to soften the leaves, the leaves are then peeled all the way back and mixture of beef, pork, and veal with egg and caraway seeds are put in the center of the cabbage leaves; the cabbage is tied up with 6 strings and boiled with a meaty beef soup bone for one hour. It is then sliced in about 1" servings and served with mashed potatoes and a cream onion gravy. When I was a child it was always served on New Years day for good luck and prosperity. I would greatly appreciate finding a recipe for this dish. My family was from near the Baden Baden area in a small place called Iffezheim Germany.

 

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