Cabbage Bombs

I've decided to do two things that I haven't done in a while:

1. Cook something that I've never tried before and...
2. Write on my beloved blog!

I apologize for my absence, I'm sure you were all hanging on my last post... so many unanswered questions... well, I'm back.

When I deciding to make cabbage rolls, I had to come to terms with the idea that these probably won't be as good as my moms or the Ukraniane cooking wizard that I once had the pleasure of eating (wait... I didn't eat the wizard, I just ate her cabbage rolls.).  Anyways here's the recepie I worked with

Ingredients:

die cabbage!

• One Medium Cabbage
• One Pound of Lean Ground Beef
• One Chopped Onion
• Three Garlic Cloves minced
• A dash of Seasoning Salt
• A couple pinches of Chipotle Chilli Powder
• One Large Egg, beaten
• Three to four cups..... (WHAT ?!?!) .... cups of cooked white rice*
• it was at this point when I realized that I had made my first mistake.  When I originally read the reciepe I thought this said 3/4 cup of white rice.....these maaaaay be a little heavy.
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method:

careful

1. Saute Ground Beef, Onions, Garlic and add your dry spices.  Cook until there's no pink and the onions are soft
2. Drain the beef and add the THREE TO FOUR CUPS of cooked rice
3. Cut the core off the head of cabbage and carefully remove the leaves.  Take the leaves and place them in a boiling pot of salted water for 3-5 mins.  Drain leaves on paper towel and wait till they cool.  When the leaves are cool enough to handle, trim the excess cabbage leaf stem.
4. Place the meat / rice mixture in the portion of the blanched cabbage leaves where the stem was and roll the cabbage leaves as you would a wrap..... if you don't know how to do this your screwed.
5. Place the rolled cabbage with the wrapped side down, this will seal the cabbage rolls, although you may need tooth picks as well.
6. bake as per sauce recipe.

Alien eggs or cabbage rolls ?, only time will tell.

Sauce Ingredients :

• Three cups of Tomatoe Juice
• 1/4 Cup of Butter
• 1/4 Tsp. of Salt
• 1 Tbsp. of Brown Sugar
• 1 Tbsp. of Vinegar

Boil Sauce for 10 minutes, and pour over the cabbage rolls.  Cook for 2-3 hours at 300 degrees.

I'll let you know how these turn out, and if you do make this recipe with the right amount of rice, let me know !