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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. These Lebanese Stuffed Grape Leaves (Warak Enab) are made with a spiced ground beef and rice mixture - a delicious Mediterranean dish commonly There are many variations of hashweh, but the two popular ones are these meat and rice with spices and the the vegetarian version with no meat. These stuffed grape leaves are different than the "other" ones you may find at Greek restaurants called dolma.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook stuff grape leaves with meat and rice using 35 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice:
- Take meat
- Get 1 2/3 lb ground meat
- Prepare 1 lb pan sausage I used Odoms Tennessee Pride mild
- Get 1 stick butter
- Prepare 1 large onion chopped
- Get rice
- Get 1 2/3 cup long grain rice
- Make ready 5 cup water
- Make ready grape leaves
- Prepare 32 oz wet one pound dry grape leaves
- Prepare 4 quart water
- Prepare 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- Get 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- Make ready 1 tbsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Get spices
- Get 2 bay leaf
- Get 1 tsp thyme
- Get 1 tbsp rosemary oil
- Prepare 1 tsp saffron threads
- Get 1 1/2 tsp marjoram
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 tsp dillweed
- Get 1 tbsp Hungarian paprika
- Prepare sauce
- Take 29 oz tomato sauce
- Take 29 oz tomato puree
- Take 1/2 cup sugar
- Get 1 tsp sweet basil
- Make ready 1 tsp whole leaf oregano
- Get 1 tsp salt
- Get 2 tsp granulated garlic powder
- Make ready garnish optional
- Take crushed red pepper flakes
These small bundles of meat and rice wrapped in grape leaves are a favorite dish in Greece. Stuffed Grape Leaves (Greek Dolmades) are often served as part of a meze (appetizer) plate. Too often they come from a can and are not fresh. These can either be a main dish or an appetizer, depending on your appetite.
Steps to make Stuff grape leaves with meat and rice:
- 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.
- Cook your sausage add chopped onion ground meat and butter stir well
- After the meat is browned add spices crush the bay leaves up before adding
- 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
- Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit
- 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.
- 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
- When all are rolled and on pan add sauce on top bake in oven 20-25 minutes
- Garnish if you like
Greek Grape Leaves Stuffed with Rice and Herbs (Dolmadakia). Rinse well in cold water to wash away any brine. Use imperfect leaves for layering evenly in Do not roll too tightly; rice needs room to expand. Fill skillet with closely fitted layers of stuffed leaves. What to stuff in your grape leaves?
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