Mom's Cabbage Rolls

Adams Momma's Note:

I grew up on these and absolutely love them. When I visit my mother and she asks what I want for dinner, this is it. Specifically, I use Jimmy Dean sausage with sage already in it, Basmati rice, cook them in an old electric skillet and baste them with the juice a couple of times while they're cooking.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 8.0 cabbage ...

• 1 head cabbage
• 1 small onion , chopped
• ½ lb ground sausage
• 1 ½ lbs ground beef
• 2 teaspoons sage
• ½ cup white rice
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 ½ tablespoons salt
• 2 lbs sauerkraut
• 32 ounces v 8 vegetable juice

Directions:

1. Submerge cabbage into boiling water and cook for about 10 mins (or until soft).
2. Remove and set into cold water.
3. Rinse kraut, drain and spread into skillet.
4. Mix chopped onion, beef, sausage, salt, rice, sage and tomato sauce well with hands in a large bowl.
5. Roll meat mixture into small, fist-sized balls, lay inside cabbage leaves, roll them up and fasten them with toothpicks.
6. Set cabbage rolls on top of the kraut.
7. Pour V8 all over.
8. Cover and cook for an hour at 250 degrees.