Cabbage Stuffed with Meat

Description
In Romanian: Varza umpluta cu carne

Ingredients

 * 1 medium cabbage
 * 1 lb / 500 g ground sirloin
 * 2 – 3 onions
 * 1 tablespoon rice
 * 2 tablespoons lard
 * salt, pepper
 * chopped parsley and dill
 * 1 lb / 500 g tomatoes
 * ½ teaspoon sugar
 * ½ teaspoon flour
 * 1 tablespoon vinegar
 * sour cream

Directions

 * 1) Remove the exterior leaves from the cabbage.
 * 2) With a knife, cut and remove the core.
 * 3) Place the cabbage in a pot with salt water and let boil for a few minutes (until the leaves start to soften).
 * 4) Mix the ground meat with the rice, raw or lightly fried onion, 1 tablespoon of lard and some pepper.
 * 5) After the cabbage was removed from the water and cooled off, place it on a cutting board, remove a few leaves from the inside, fan out the other leaves and put the ground meat mixture in between the leaves.
 * 6) Re-arrange the leaves giving the cabbage its initial round shape.
 * 7) Place in a pot with the cored part up and pour the following sauce over it.
 * 8) Fry a little onion with a tablespoon of lard, add flour, fry until yellowish and then pour the boiled and strained tomatoes over it.
 * 9) Add salt, sugar and vinegar.
 * 10) If this sauce does not completely cover the cabbage, add some water.
 * 11) Cover the pot and simmer.
 * 12) When it is almost ready, spread some chopped parsley and dill on top and place in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
 * 13) Serve with sour cream.