Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice
Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, stuff grape leaves with meat and rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Dolmathakia me Kima: Stuffed Grape Leaves With Meat and Rice. (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.) These bundles of meat and rice wrapped in rolled grape leaves are a favorite dish in Greece. Stuffed Grape Leaves are popular in several Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East. It has different names depending on the region.

Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have stuff grape leaves with meat and rice using 35 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice:
  1. Make ready meat
  2. Take ground meat
  3. Prepare pan sausage I used Odoms Tennessee Pride mild
  4. Prepare butter
  5. Make ready onion chopped
  6. Prepare rice
  7. Prepare long grain rice
  8. Get water
  9. Take grape leaves
  10. Make ready wet one pound dry grape leaves
  11. Get water
  12. Take apple cider vinegar
  13. Make ready distilled white vinegar
  14. Prepare salt
  15. Prepare sugar
  16. Make ready baking soda
  17. Prepare spices
  18. Prepare bay leaf
  19. Get thyme
  20. Prepare rosemary oil
  21. Prepare saffron threads
  22. Make ready marjoram
  23. Get salt
  24. Make ready dillweed
  25. Prepare Hungarian paprika
  26. Take sauce
  27. Get tomato sauce
  28. Get tomato puree
  29. Take sugar
  30. Make ready sweet basil
  31. Make ready whole leaf oregano
  32. Take salt
  33. Make ready granulated garlic powder
  34. Get garnish optional
  35. Take crushed red pepper flakes

As you're rolling grape leaves you'll want to add them to a pot. I will usually Crisscross them on each row. Very popular in several Mediterranean countries and a family favorite, these Lebanese stuffed grape leaves are filled with meat, rice and lemon juice. Greek Grape Leaves Stuffed with Rice and Herbs (Dolmadakia).

Steps to make Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice:
  1. Drain and rinse your grape leaves add to the pot of water with vinegar, sugar salt, boil 20 minutes then add baking soda it will bubble up stir well cover remove from heat.
  2. Cook your sausage add chopped onion ground meat and butter stir well
  3. After the meat is browned add spices crush the bay leaves up before adding
  4. After spices are in and stirred in well add the rice and water stir in well cover let simmer till water craters form stir once cover amd let sit 20 minutes
  5. Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit
  6. While that is sitting make your sauce to a pot add sauce amd puree add salt, sugar, oregano, basil, and garlic. Stir bring up to simmer for 15 minutes stirring occasionally after 15 minutes cover remove from heat.
  7. Take two leaves put 1 and a half tablespoons of meat rice filling in center fold sides over to middle then roll from bottom to top keeping sides in repeat 47 times
  8. When all are rolled and on pan add sauce on top bake in oven 20-25 minutes
  9. Garnish if you like

Dolmadakia, the Greek word for dolmas, is one of the most iconic recipes of Greek cuisine and, although there are many varieties, the meatless version is the most common. In the warmer months, try to find and use fresh grape leaves. But there is usually rice stuffed inside. Meat by itself would not only be expensive, but also very dense and heavy. Typically, basmati rice is the first choice Whether for an appetizer or a light lunch, these stuffed grape leaves with meat and pomegranate (Persian Dolmeh) are both delicious and satisfying.

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