Cabbage Rolls with Mushroom Soup

Ingredients

 * 1 ea onion, chopped.
 * 2 tb butter.
 * 1 ea garlic clove, crushed (optional).
 * 3/4 c uncooked raw rice.
 * 200 g ground beef or veal.
 * 200 g ground pork.
 * 1 ts salt.
 * 1/4 ts pepper.
 * 1 ea whole head cabbage.
 * Boiling water.
 * 2 c beef broth or stock.
 * 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup.

Directions

 * Stew chopped onion and garlic in butter in a large skillet for 3-5 mins.
 * Add rice, meat, salt, and pepper.
 * Stir just to mix well.
 * Remove from heat and remove core from cabbage.
 * Place whole head in a large kettle filled with boiling water.
 * Cover and cook for 3 mins and remove softened outer leaves.
 * Take out all large leaves Cut thick center stem from each leaf.
 * Take one large cabbage leaf at a time,put 1 rounded tablespoonful of meat mixture in center of a leaf.
 * Roll leaves and put stuffed cabbage leaves with seam down close to each other on a frying pan.
 * Do not make more than 2 layers.
 * Combine beef broth and mushroom soup;
 * Pour over cabbage rolls.
 * Bake in a well heated oven for 1 1/2 hours.