Baba's cabbage rolls (Holupci)

  • 1 medium cabbage

Filling:

  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 cups rice, cooked
  • 1 (28oz) can chopped tomatoes 
  • 1 large onion, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
  • salt and pepper (to taste)

Topping:

  • Tomato juice or V8 juice
  • bacon (as much as you want), soft cooked

Filling:

Brown meat and discard fat. Mix in all other ingredients. 

Cabbage:

Immerse cabbage in boiling water and peel off leaves one at a time as they become limp. 

Cool and remove the tough leaf vein. 

Fill the leaves, roll and place in baking dish lined with tomato juice. 

Pour more tomato juice over rolls, top with diced bacon, cover.

Bake 250 degrees F for 3 hours. 

Check once or twice that the tomato juice isn't blackening, adding more juice as necessary.

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