INGREDIENTS
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1 cup uncooked short-grain brown rice (or any rice of your choice)
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1 ½ pounds green cabbage, cleaned, cored and cut into chunks
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2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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4 ounces raw bacon diced
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1 cup chopped onion
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2 large cloves garlic minced
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2 tablespoons tart red wine such as merlot
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1 pound lean ground beef (90/10)
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½ pound ground pork
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½ pound ground veal (if you can’t get ground veal, increase ground pork to one pound)
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2 cups tomato juice (or for a more intense flavor, our daughter Courtney suggests using V-8)
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¼ cup tomato paste
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2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
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1 tablespoon sugar
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1 teaspoon dry thyme
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¼ teaspoon paprika
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1 teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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1 cup drained sauerkraut
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