German Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients

525 gr tomatoes
230 ml tomato sauce
40 gr brown sugar
45 ml lemon juice
2 onion
1 bay leaf
1 gr celery salt
1 gr all spice
1 gr pepper
240 ml water
20 gr parsley
16 cabbage leaves
900 gr beef
120 gr rice
1 gr sage

Instructions

Salt and pepper Mix sauce ingredients in saucepan and simmer 30 min. Blanch large head of cabbage in boiling water for 3 min. Peel off 16 leaves. (May have to dip in water again to get all leaves off). Mix ground beef, rice, onion, parsley and spices well. Pat down in bowl. Cut into 16 (like cutting pie). Place meat mixture on cabbage leaf and fold up. May need to cut a "V" at the core part of the cabbage leaf if too stiff too fold. PLace seam side down in pan. Make all rolls. Pour sauce over all. Top with crushed gingersnap crumbs. (12-14 cookies worth). Bake covered at 180ÂșC or 1 hour. Take cover off after first half hour.