Kaldskopf

Source: Yankee Magazine

1 head Savoy cabbage (commonly called "curly" cabbage), separated into leaves
1 pound each ground pork and ground beef
1 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
2 eggs, beaten
2 medium onions, chopped and sautéed in butter until transparent
1 cup cooked rice (1/2 cup uncooked)
3 tablespoons pickling spices, tied in a cheesecloth bag

Parboil cabbage leaves to soften. Remove thick ribs. Spread out a large piece of cheesecloth and arrange leaves on it in an overlapping circle. Mix everything else except pickling spices as for meat loaf, form into a large ball, and center on the bed of cabbage leaves. Gather cheesecloth to wrap leaves around meat, and tie at the top. Bring a tall, narrow kettle of water to a boil; add pickling spices and cabbage ball. Simmer gently for about an hour and a quarter. Remove from the cloth and place the ball of meat and cabbage on a platter. With the spiced water the meat was boiled in, make a brown flour gravy. Very good with mashed potatoes. Comments The Yankee Cook suggests cooking the cabbage in a light beef stock instead of water for the tastiest gravy.