3/4 cup raw rice, cooked
1 lb. sausage
1 medium onion chopped
1 8-oz can tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
salt and pepper
1 large head leafy cabbage
(I like to modify this by cooking 2 pounds of sausage, 3 cups of rice, and adding some garlic powder as well as Aleppo Red Pepper to the stuffing mix. A single large cabbage will provide enough leaves to fill two 9 x 13 Pyrex dishes. I then combine 3/4 cup water with a 29 ounce large can of tomato sauce.)
Combine all but tomato sauce and water and cabbage. Scald cabbage leaves in boiling water. Fill leaves with sausage mixture and fold up like little bundles. Place in one layer in casserole dish or Dutch oven. Pour tomato sauce and water over all. Cover and bake 2 hours at 325-350 degrees.
Notes:
Serve with cornbread and black-eyed peas.