Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage Rolls:

- 1 cabbage

- 1 lb. ground beef

- 1 lb. ground sausage

- 1 onion, minced

- 2 garlic cloves, minced

- 2 eggs

- 1 cup rice, uncooked

- salt and pepper

Sauce:

- 1 onion, diced

- 1 garlic clove, minced

- 32 oz. can crushed tomatoes

- 2 T. butter

- 1 T. sugar

- 2 T. apple cider vinegar

- 1 cup cabbage, diced

Cut the core out of the cabbage. Bring a pot of water to a boil. as soon as it comes to a boil get a large bowl with ice water. Place the entire cabbage in the boiling water. As the cabbage leaves separate and become soft, remove them and place them in the ice water. Pat all of the leaves dry. Dice the center of the cabbage for your sauce.

In a mixing bowl, combine ground beef, sausage, onion, garlic, eggs, rice, salt and pepper.

In a sauce pan, heat butter and saute the garlic and onion. Add tomatoes and begin to simmer. Add sugar, vinegar and cabbage and continue to mix.

Place enough sauce on the bottom of a 9X13 pan. Fill cabbage leaves with the meat filling, roll and place seam side down. Once the pan is full, cover cabbage rolls with the rest of the sauce.

Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours.