Haitian Stuffed Cabbage

Ingredients

 * 1 large head of cabbage
 * 1 lb ground meat
 * ¼ cup milk
 * 1 medium onion, chopped
 * 2 tsp salt
 * ¼ cup rice, cooked
 * ⅛ tsp pepper

Directions

 * 1) Remove large outer leaves from the cabbage and set aside.
 * 2) Plunge both the cabbage and the reserved leaves into salted boiling water.
 * 3) After 15 minutes, remove, rinse thoroughly in cold water.
 * 4) Set the cabbage, stem side down, on a square of cheese-cloth.
 * 5) Part the leaves carefully and remove the heart.
 * 6) Replace the heart with a ball of stuffing recipe below and continue inserting stuffing between leaves.
 * 7) When the cabbage is full, brush it well with oil and tie the four corners of the cheese-cloth together into a bundle.
 * 8) Set this bundle in a well-greased baking dish.
 * 9) Pour bouillon around cabbage.
 * 10) Cover the dish and bake in fairly hot oven (375°F) about an hour.
 * 11) Remove cover and continue basting until cabbage is thoroughly cooked.
 * 12) The sauce should have reduced considerably.
 * 13) Remove cheese-cloth.
 * 14) Serve cabbage and sauce.