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Eastern European Cabbage Rolls with Tomato Sauce
A traditional Eastern European dish of cabbage rolls filled with meat and rice, served with a rich tomato sauce.
Ingredients
Method
- Blanch cabbage leaves in boiling water until tender.
- In a bowl, combine ground beef, pork, rice, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Place a spoonful of the mixture on each cabbage leaf, roll tightly.
- Arrange the rolls in a pot, add tomato sauce and water to cover.
- Simmer on low heat for 1 hour.
- Serve warm with extra tomato sauce.
- Check that the ground meat reaches 71°C (160°F) throughout before serving.
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