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These are grape leaves, stuffed with a tantalizing mixture of rice, fresh dill, mint and lemon. 'Yum' is the only one word to describe these. These can either be a main dish or an appetizer, depending on your appetite. Serve with good crusty bread and a Greek salad, if desired.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed grape leaves using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Get 2 lb ground beef
- Prepare 4 clove garlic chopped
- Get 1 small tomato seeded and chopped
- Make ready 1 small can of tomato paste
- Get 1 tsp black pepper
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable juice
- Make ready 3 cup basmati rice
- Make ready 1/2 onion, chopped
- Prepare 1/2 tsp ground mint
- Get 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- Prepare 1 tbsp oil
- Take 6 mini peppers
- Prepare 1 jar of grape leafs
- Make ready 2 onions
- Take 1 cup vegetable juice
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp hot sauce …you can double if you like more spicey
- Get 1/4 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Get 3 cup warm water
- Take 1 pork chops or you can use chicken if you dont eat pork… or both if you want
Lay leaves, shiny side down, on flat surface. Tips Individual servings of dolmathakia are four to five pieces on small plates as an appetizer; however, they can also be eaten as a side or main dish (especially when larger leaves are used). In this recipe, grape leaves are stuffed with a tasty meat and rice mixture, seasoned with warm spices (allspice and cumin) and loaded with fresh herbs in the form of parsley, dill and mint. Then, once stuffed, the grape leaves are cooked in a tasty lemony broth.
Instructions to make Stuffed grape leaves:
- Add 1tbs in large bowl add beef garlic tomato paste tomato 1 tsp salt n pepper 1/2 cup vegetable juice rice 1/2 onion mint 1/2 tbs lemon juice n parsley n mix together n set aside
- Take the 2 onions and cut off each end and slice half way through then take your peppers and cut tops off them n clean out insides..once down rince onions in warm water and peel them apart and place in bowl
- Take out your grape leaves and rince them under water then place in bowl… Set up a space you can work in
- In a deep dish add the 1 tbs oil then add your pork chops and sprinkle lightly with pepper and salt
- Remove the stem off the leaf and On a flat surface place your grape leaf flat down take some meat mixture and place across middle then fold the bottoms up over it fold in each side then roll up the rest
- Once it is rolled place over pork chops and repeat till u have all the meat covered
- Stuff the onions and peppers placing on top of the grape leaves
- Then roll out more leaves with the meat and place over top
- In a large measuring cup… Mine holds 4 cups… Add 1 cup of vegetable juice them 3 cups of water 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tbs hot sauce 1/4 tsp pepper 2 tbs lemon juice n mix together
- Pour over top of the grape leaves and place a small plate on top to make sure the leaves dont open then cover with a lid and turn stove to high and let it boil then reduce heat to medium for 20 minutes then lower heat to medium low for about 40 minutes
- Once it done allow to cool down and then remove carefully to a plate or storage container…. Enjoy
Line a heavy bottomed pot with (unrolled) grape leaves. On top of that, add the onion rings. Proceed to arrange the stuffed grape leaves in rows, alternating the direction of each layer of rows. Fill the pot with the chicken broth (enough to cover the rolls) and the remaining olive oil. Place a plate on the top to prevent the rolls from floating.
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