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Holubtsi --Meat Wrapped in Cabbage Leaves

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/2 to 3/4 cup onions, chopped and sautéed
  • oil or meat drippings
  • 1 cup meat, ground, such as pork
  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large head cabbage
  • 1 1/2 cups tomato juice
  • 1/2 cup cream or sour cream

Directions

  1. Saute chopped onions in meat drippings and add to cooked ground pork and rice. Sprinkle with salt.
  2. Roll mixture up into a wilted cabbage leaf and place into pan.
  3. Cover with tomato juice and cream or sour cream and meat drippings.
  4. Cook until done.
  5. Serve.