Stuffed Cabbage Head (zelna Hlava Plnena)

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 head cabbage
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup butter
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lb ground beef (whatever your prefer)
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced parsley
• 2/3 cup cream of tomato soup
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth

Recipe

• 1 remove the stump from the cabbage and discard.
• 2 scoop out and save the inside of the cabbage, leaving about a 1- 1 1/2 inch shell.
• 3 chop the cabbage you scraped out of the inside.
• 4 cook onion and garlic in 2 tbsp butter over medium high heat until onion is wilted.
• 5 add meat and brown.
• 6 add chopped cabbage, salt, pepper, parsley, and tomato soup.
• 7 cook covered about 10 minutes.
• 8 drain and allow to cool, then add egg and mix together well.
• 9 fill cabbage with mixture (you will usually have some left over unless you pack very tight) and cover with a cabbage leaf securing with a toothpicks.
• 10 put broth and remaining butter in a large casserole or large pot, place cabbage in pot (open side up obviously) and cover.
• 11 cook in over at 375 for about an hour and 15 minutes.
• 12 cut into wedges and serve.