NIKO'S SLAVIC SARMA 
1 lg. cabbage head
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. ground pork
1 lb. ground smoked ham
2 cans tomato soup
2 sm. cans tomato sauce
1 med. onion
1 lg. jar sauerkraut
1 bottle vinegar
1 1/2 c. uncooked minute rice
1 tsp. salt

Half fill a soup pot with water and vinegar. Bring water to a boil. Cut core out of the cabbage. Put cabbage into boiling water, core side down. About 15 minutes later try to peel some leaves off. (Do this in a roasting pan.) Cut more core out and return to pot. To finish leaves cut heavy backbone thin, for easy rolling.

Mix together; meat and salt, 1 can tomato soup and onion. Add rice. Scoop meat mixture into cabbage leaves. Roll and tuck ends.

In large soup pot, cut extra cabbage up and layer on bottom of pot. Next one layer of cabbage rolls then one layer of sauerkraut. Alternate layers of rolls and kraut. Every 2 layers of rolls add soup mixture. This consists of 1 can tomato soup, 1 can tomato sauce and 1 can water. Pour sauerkraut juice on top. Top with extra cabbage leaves. Bring pot to boil. Turn down to simmer for 2 1/2 hours.

 

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