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:::: Sweet and Sour Tomato Sauce::::
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1 1/2 quarts crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
:::: Cabbage Rolls::::
11/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Splash dry red wine
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups steamed white rice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large heads green cabbage, about 3 pounds each
To make the sauce:
Coat a 3-quart saucepan with the oil and
place over medium heat.
Add the garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and cook,
stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the vinegar and sugar;
simmer, until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt
and pepper and remove from the heat.
Place a skillet over medium heat and coat with 2 tablespoons of the
olive oil. Sauté the onion and garlic for about 5 minutes, until
soft. Stir in the tomato paste, a splash of wine, parsley, and 1/2
cup of the prepared sweet and sour tomato sauce, mix to incorporate
and then take it off the heat. Combine the ground meat in a large
mixing bowl. Add the egg, the cooked rice, and the sauteed onion
mixture. Toss the filling together with your hands to combine,
season with a generous amount of salt and pepper.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Remove the large,
damaged outer leaves from the cabbages and set aside. Cut out the
cores of the cabbages with a sharp knife and carefully pull off all
the rest of the leaves, keeping them whole and as undamaged as
possible, (get rid of all the small leaves and use them for coleslaw
or whatever.) Blanch the cabbage leaves in the pot of boiling water
for 5 minutes, or until pliable. Run the leaves under cool water
then lay them out so you can assess just how many blankets you have
to wrap up the filling. Next, carefully cut out the center vein from
the leaves so they will be easier to roll up. Take the reserved big
outer leaves and lay them on the bottom of a casserole pan, let part
of the leaves hang out the sides of the pan. This insulation will
prevent the cabbage rolls from burning on the bottom when baked.
Use all the good looking leaves to make the cabbage rolls.
Put about 1/2 cup of the meat filling in the center of the cabbage
and starting at what was the stem-end,
fold the sides in and roll up the cabbage to
enclose the filling. Place the cabbage rolls side by side in rows,
seam-side down, in a casserole pan.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Pour the remaining sweet and sour tomato sauce over the cabbage
rolls. Fold the hanging leaves over the top to enclose and keep the
moisture in. Drizzle the top with the remaining 2 tablespoons of
olive oil. Bake for 1 hour until the meat is cooked.

make ur meat like u would a meat lofe then take and boul our cabbage just 4 a few mins . take a cabbage leaf put a ball of meat in it raip it up put it in yr baking pan . then take tomato soup and mike it uop with milk our water . pour over them and back at 400 for 2 hr .

does anyone have a recipe for stuffed cabbage?