Chou Farci, Sauce Tomate (Stuffed Cabbage with Tomato Sauce)

By Edward Behr and James MacGuire

Stuffed cabbage, chou farci in French, is an essential part of the cooking of most of Europe — Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Russia — not to get into Asian versions. It’s widespread enough among the regions of Italy that it may qualify as a national dish, a rare phenomenon in a gastronomically disunited country. Typically, individual lea…