Last week we started “putting the gardens to bed” for the season.
This end of an era always seems to creep up on us before I expect it
to.  For me it is always accompanied with a certain sadness.  No more
beautiful early morning sights of garden tubs overflowing with choice red
tomatoes, crisp green lettuce and chard, gorgeous shiny eggplants and
colorful summer squashes  ushering in the new day. What did arrive
this morning were some wonderful prizewinning heads of cabbage, a goodly
amount of green beans and plenty of assorted tomatoes.  So tonight we
will enjoy  a favorite old  world classic for our dinner:  Stuffed
cabbage rolls with fresh garden tomato sauce along with tender whole
green beans.

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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

SERVINGS 4-6 CHANGE SERVING SIZE

COOK TIME 1hour

PREP TIME 30mins

READY IN 1.5hours

Ingredients

• 1 large cabbage or 2 medium
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 cup tomato sauce fresh (8 oz)
• 1 bay leaves crushed
• salt
• black pepper
• 2 cups beef broth
• Stuffing:
• 1/2 pound ground lamb
• 1/2 pound beef ground
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 onion(s) finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove(s) minced
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/4 cup rice raw
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup white wine
• salt
• black pepper
• Fresh Tomato Sauce
• 4 tomato(es) medium
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp Onion salt
• 1/4 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp sugar

Instructions

1. Cut up tomatoes and simmer with olive oil, onion salt, oregano and sugar until reduced to 1 cup or 8 ounces of sauce. Can be done while preparing cabbage.
2. Leave cabbage whole, but cut around the stem, and parboil for 5 minutes; let steep for another 5 minutes. Remove cabbage from water and drain; separate cabbage leaves. Chop the small inside leaves and the core and use to line a Dutch oven.
3. Combine all the stuffing ingredients and mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Place 1 tablespoon stuffing on each of the larger cabbage leaves, fold ends of leaves over the stuffing, and roll leaves.
4. Arrange the stuffed cabbage leaves in rows in Dutch oven; sprinkle each layer with olive oil, tomato sauce, and crushed bay leaf. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper; add remaining tomato sauce, beef broth and enough water to cover. Place a plate on top of cabbage rolls, and simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Serve the cabbage rolls with the pot sauce pored over them.