Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, grape leaves. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cover the bottom of a large saucepan with a layer of grape leaves. De-stem the remaining leaves and place vein-side up on your work surface. Grape leaves, the leaves of the grapevine plant, are used in the cuisines of a number of cultures. They may be obtained fresh, or preserved in jars or cans.
Grape Leaves is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Grape Leaves is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have grape leaves using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Grape Leaves:
- Prepare 100 grape leaves (fresh is good, Orlando jar brand is good)
- Make ready 1 cup rice (Uncle Bens uncooked)
- Prepare 2 pounds ground lamb
- Take 1 stick soften butter
- Prepare to taste pepper
- Prepare to taste allspice
- Get 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 lemon juice in mixture
- Get 3 Tbl chicken bouillon (Lisa Marie chicken soup base)
- Prepare 1 lemon juice squeezed over at the end of cooking
Stuffed grape leaves are served as a main dish or appetizer. Grape leaves are medium to large, cordate, heart shaped having multiple lobes. Grape leaves have been the Turkish tortilla for centuries. Using grape leaves as a wrap for different fillings kept hands clean and made a portable food item.
Instructions to make Grape Leaves:
- Wash grape leaves and cut stems off.
- Mix lamb, spices, rice, spices and lemon.
- Add soft butter and mix.
- Place about 1 tablespoon of meat on the vein side of leaf. Squeeze meat in a line going across the width of leaf. Turn the sides of leaf in and roll up completely.
- Use a pan that has strainer insert or a pan with a rack on bottom. Line grape leaves on bottom, layer by crisscrossing each layer.
- In bowl dissolved 3 tablespoons of chicken bouillon in a approximately 8 cups water.
- Pour water mixture of grape leaves to cover top layer, use an inverted plate to hold down rolls. I use a heavy cup on top of plate for extra weight.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and cook 20 to 30 minutes. Test by checking a roll for rice to be tender.
- I add one squeeze lemon in water before removing rolls from pan. Drain and serve warm or cold. Enjoy!
Grape leaves have been the Turkish tortilla for centuries. Using grape leaves as a wrap for different fillings kept hands clean and made a portable food item. Reportedly, the practice originated during Alexander the Great's time, during which food was scarce and meat was minced and mixed with other fillings. Ingredients:Grape Leaves, Water, Salt, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Metabisulfite Added As Preservatives. 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.
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