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Cabbage Rolls With Red Salsa Recipe

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Ingredients

2 qt Tomato Juice
1/2 Green Bell Pepper; sliced
1 lg Head Cabbage
1 sm Onion; sliced
1 Or 2 cloves Garlic; minced
2 Whole Eggs
1/2 c Uncooked Rice
1/2 ts Paprika
2 lb Lean Ground Beef

Directions

Step #1 This year The Cook & Kitchen Staff are taking you to Poland to celebrate a Polish Easter.
Step #2 If you had the good fortune of being born into a Polish family, then you're already familiar with how a loving, caring Polish family will celebrate the holiday.
Step #3 If not, you can still serve a phenomenal Polish Easter Feast.
Step #4 Today's recipe is a fantastic main course that you may want to keep handy for other occasions.
Step #5 It takes a little time to prepare, like most hearty dishes.
Step #6 As usual, your dinner will benefit greatly from your efforts.
Step #7 To prepare the cabbage leaves for stuffing, cut out the core of the cabbage & remove with a knife.
Step #8 In a half-filled pot of lightly salted water, place the whole head of cabbage core-side down and steam for about 10 to 15 mins.
Step #9 Remove the cabbage from the heat & let cool, slowly.
Step #10 Several layers of the outer leaves should be soft enough to remove this from the head.
Step #11 When you've removed as many layers of leaves as you can, simply return the head of cabbage to the heat to soften more leaves.
Step #12 To prepare the filling, garlic, raw rice, paprika, onion, green pepper, mix the ground beef, & eggs in a large mixing bowl.
Step #13 Hand-mix the ingredients make sure to gain an even consistency throughout the mixture.
Step #14 Take a good-sized handful of the meat filling & set it in the hollow of a cabbage leaf.
Step #15 Fold over the ends & roll the leaf to seal the mixture inside.
Step #16 Place the stuffed cabbage leaf, seam-side down, in a large baking dish.
Step #17 Repeat the process until all the cabbage & filling have been used.
Step #18 Cover the cabbage rolls with the tomato juice & bake in a pre-heated 350-F degree oven for about a hr, then check one of the thickest cabbage roles to make sure the meat is cooked through.
Step #19 To serve, place a cabbage roll or two in a bowl & cover with the tomato sauce.
Step #20 Kitchen Staff Tip: Another way to prepare the cabbage leaves is to remove the core & freeze the whole head.
Step #21 Simply peel the leaves away from the head of cabbage as it thaws.
Step #22 Steaming the leaves is recommended because the leaves are less brittle & easier to stuff when a bit limp from steaming.
Step #23 --.
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