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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Russian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine the cranberry sauce, tomato sauce, 2 cups tap water and brown sugar and bring to boil. | 2. Reduce to a simmer and add white raisins. | 3. Simmer 5 minutes. | 4. Core the heads of cabbage and place into a large pot. | 5. Cover with boiling water. | 6. Cover the pot and cook 10 to 15 minutes. | 7. Remove from hot water. | 8. Then cover the cabbage with cold water and separate the leaves. | 9. You may have to replace the inner half of the cabbage into the hot water, in order to soften the rest of the leaves. | 10. When the rest of the cabbage is done, place that into the cold water and separate those leaves. | 11. In a mixing bowl place the raw ground meat, raw rice, 1 egg, 3 saltine crackers that are soaked and squeezed dry, graded onion, 1/4 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon ketchup, salt and pepper to taste. | 12. After mixing the meat mixture well, fill the cabbage leaves with the meat mixture, rolling them closed, and place the large golf ball sized balls into a deep roasting pan. | 13. Cover with the tomato sauce mixture. | 14. Cover the pan with the lid or with heavy duty aluminum foil and bake in pre-heated 375 degree oven for 1 hour. | 15. Remove the cover and continue to bake at 375 degrees for an additional hour. | 16. You can either serve immediately or freeze until needed. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
jellied cranberry sauce	2	cans	jellied jelled	1343.3283	340.9535	8.8156	0.3358
tomato sauce	2	cans		-	-	-	-
tap water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
brown sugar	1/2	cup		418.0	107.899	0.132	0.0
white raisin	1	cup		-	-	-	-
green cabbage	2	heads		-	-	-	-
beef	2	lbs	ground	1796.2279	0.0	176.1755	115.4848
rice	3/4	cup	raw	509.2125	105.7969	10.4618	4.44
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
saltine cracker	3		soaked squeezed	877.8	155.505	19.866	18.144000000000002
onion	1		grated	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
ketchup	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.