MRS GALUMPKI'S STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil.
• Add rice and stir.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Or use your rice cooker.
• Prepare the cabbage leaves according to Recipe #305376. Remove the tough stem and ribs. It is okay to use a large leaf patched up with a smaller leaf. Save the center of the cabbage and chop it up to use as a bed in your pot.
• Combine the meat, cooked rice, onion, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Stir in half can of tomato soup and mix well.
• Put about a scant 1/4 cup of filling in each leaf.
• Roll them up from the stem end folding the sides in so the filling does not fall out.
• Do not roll too tight, just snug.
• Use a toothpick to keep them from unrolling in your pot.
• In a large wide pot, add the remainder of the cabbage, chopped up.
• This is the bed the little rolls will lay on.
• Add 1/2 cup tomato juice to the bed.
• Line up the cabbage rolls on top (It is okay to double stack them if you need to).
• Mix the rest of the soup with the drained stewed tomatoes and pour over the rolls.
• Put a lid on the pot and cook on medium heat until the pot boils.
• Lower heat and continue cooking for 50 to 60 minutes longer until the cabbage leaves are very tender.
• Keep the heat on low.
• Keep the rolls warm in your crock pot if you like.
• Option; bake them in a 325 degree Fahrenheit oven, tightly covered, for two or three hours after being brought to the boil.
• Check for tenderness of the cabbage leaves.