Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat
Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stuffed vine leaves with rice and minced meat. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

The vine leaves are stuffed with minced meat, rice and herbs, and the egg-lemon sauce complements them and brings them to another level. Perhaps the wrapping up of the stuffing inside the leaves is a bit time consuming, but the end result will totally compensate you. 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).

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have stuffed vine leaves with rice and minced meat using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat:
  1. Take 1000 g grape leaves _ pickles _
  2. Get 3 cups short \ round grain rice (washed & drained)
  3. Take 500 g minced meat
  4. Prepare 1 onion finely chopped
  5. Take 2 cloves garlic minced
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp dry mint
  7. Prepare 1 tsp lemon juice
  8. Take 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  10. Make ready 1/3 tsp 7 spices

Vine leaves (grape leaves) are stuffed with a rice, fresh herb and pine nut filling, and are served with a thick lemon sauce. Sometimes vine leaves are stuffed with ground meat also like lamb or beef. In Greek we call them Dolmadakia. Refrigerate, covered, until ready to use.

Steps to make Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat:
  1. Soak grape leaves in water, then wash very well for several times, keep in a strainer to drain, trim extra stems
  2. Filling preparation : - in a deep bowl ; add, rice, meat, vegetable oil, dry mint, onion, garlic, 7 spices, salt and lemon juice, mix well untill well combined
  3. Place one grape leave on a flat surface,(tray, plate or granite / marble surface)
  4. Place suitable amount of filling (must be at the center), fold the bottom of the leave on the mixture, then fold the sides over so as they are closed, then roll it to gain a finger shape1. Repeat the previous step untill you finish all the grape leaves
  5. For cooking the grape leaves ;
  6. 2 kg of lamb / beef meat with bones, 1 cups lemon juice (less or more as desired), salt (to taste), 1 tbsp olive oil
  7. Apply a pinch of salt, cinnamon, and 7 spices on meat from all sides to taste
  8. In a wide deep pot, layer the grape leaves over the meat layer in a presentable way
  9. Add salt, 7 spices & olive oil and cover with water, add heavy weight over them, and cover the pot
  10. Put on medium fire and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to the minimum, and let simmer slowly, untill well cooked
  11. When reaching the desired doneness, take off the weight, add lemon juice, leave for about 5 to 10 minutes, then take off the fire.
  12. This cooking process takes about 3 hours
  13. In a soup bowl, pure the sauce, and then pure the grape leaves In serving dish
  14. It is served hot, with some veggies such as raddish, & spring onion

Dolmades ( Dolmathes ) refers to Greek dishes made with either cabbage or vine/ grape leaves, stuffed with a delicious herb-y rice mix, shaped into little rolls and boiled until wonderfully tender. Some dolmades recipe variations besides rice, herbs and seasonings also include minced meat (beef and/or pork). Stuffed vegetables of all kinds, however, feature in many cuisines, from Middle Eastern all the way to Italian. In Greece, the specific word dolmadakia means stuffed vine leaves (grape leaves) with rice, herbs and in some cases ground meat. Depending on the area, they might range from small to tiny.

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