Beef and Rice

Ingredients

• ½ pound raw beef
• ⅓ cup rice
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cabbage
• tomatoes (enough to cover the croquettes)
• stock or water (if needed)

Directions

1. Mix the raw beef and rice in a bowl.

2. Add the pepper and salt, and combine well.

3. Boil the cabbage in salted water for 5 minutes until the leaves are pliable.

4. Carefully remove the leaves from the cabbage head.

5. Form croquettes from the beef and rice mixture and wrap each in a cabbage leaf.

6. Arrange the wrapped croquettes in a baking dish.

7. Pour enough tomatoes over the croquettes to cover them.

8. If the tomatoes thicken while cooking, dilute with stock or water.