Stuffed Cabbage with White Sauce

Here's a well known recipe with a little twist to it. In this stuffed cabbage recipe we make a white garlic based gravy to pour over the top to really set off the dish. The white sauce recipe was passed to me from my husband who's grandfather passed it to him. This recipe yields many so be prepared for leftovers!


Ingredients:
1 head of green cabbage
1 can of tomato juice/sauce

Filling Ingredients
1lb ground beef
1 finely chopped or grated onion
3/4 cup of long grain uncooked rice
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon italian seasoning

Gravy In
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoons pepper
16 oz sour cream
12 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup buttermilk (optional)

Preparation:

Mix together in a bowl ground beef, onion, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and rice.

In food processor add garlic. When garlic is finely chopped (almost puree) mix in the sour cream, salt, pepper, and buttermilk (optional) and blend until creamy.

Take the head of cabbage and rinse off well and place into water to boil. When the cabbage is translucent in color it is time to rip off the leaves.

Take the meat mixture and make balls of it and place into one end of cabbage leaf and roll it tightly.

Take a large shallow saucepan and layer the bottom of it with the tomato juice/sauce. Place the stuffed cabbage leave into the saucepan and pour the remaining tomato juice/sauce over it. Place on low heat to thoroughly cook without it burning.

When the meat and rice is fully cooked place it on a plate, pour some white gravy on it and enjoy!

Goes good with:
Veggies
Salad
On it's own
Mashed Potatoes