Grape Leaves (stuffed)
Source of Recipe
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Recipe Introduction
Well, the smell is not great while cooking it, but once the cooking is
over, you are in for a finger licking, delicious meal that is befitting
of royalty. So treat yourself.
List of Ingredients
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
70 leaves grape leaves
1 pound ground lamb
1/8 cup parsley finely chopped fresh
1 cup rice
Recipe
Rinse rice in cold water, drain. Add all ingredients except lemon juice
and grape leaves, mix well.Wilt leaves a few at a time by rinsing in
hot
water (a few at a time), be sure to cut off thick stems. Place a
heaping
teaspoon of lamb/rice mixture on edge of dull side of leaf. Begin
rolling from stem end, after the first roll fold ends in to close and
finish rolling. Place a few leaves in bottom of pan. Arrange rolls in
compact rows, seam side down Cover with water about 1/2 inch over the
top. Sprinkle 1 T salt over rolls. Place a pottery plate on top of
rolls
to hold in place. Cover pan, cook on medium 20 minutes. reduce heat,
add
lemon juice cook 10 more minutes. Drain most of the juice before
serving.
Best way to eat: buy soft pita bread (preferably thin, from Middle
Eastern bakery/shop). Buy plain yogurt/nonfat. Cut a piece of bread
from
the pita so that you can roll the bread around the grape leaf (as in a
blanket). Dip the grape leaf (and bread) in a generous helping of
yogurt
bowl and eat all together like you would eat a very small size soft
tortilla shell.
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