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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. Stuffed Grape Leaves are popular in several Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East. It has different names depending on the region.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Get meat
- Prepare 1 2/3 lb ground meat
- Make ready 1 lb pan sausage I used Odoms Tennessee Pride mild
- Get 1 stick butter
- Make ready 1 large onion chopped
- Prepare rice
- Take 1 2/3 cup long grain rice
- Take 5 cup water
- Prepare grape leaves
- Prepare 32 oz wet one pound dry grape leaves
- Make ready 4 quart water
- Prepare 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- Prepare 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Make ready spices
- Get 2 bay leaf
- Get 1 tsp thyme
- Prepare 1 tbsp rosemary oil
- Get 1 tsp saffron threads
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp marjoram
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 tsp dillweed
- Prepare 1 tbsp Hungarian paprika
- Make ready sauce
- Get 29 oz tomato sauce
- Prepare 29 oz tomato puree
- Take 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp sweet basil
- Prepare 1 tsp whole leaf oregano
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 tsp granulated garlic powder
- Make ready garnish optional
- Get crushed red pepper flakes
The name comes from the Turkish word "dolma" meaning Cooking the Stuffed Grape Leaves. Because the leaves on the bottom can burn while the filling cooks, put a plate or wooden souvlaki skewers in the. adding the meat mixture into a grape leaves. As you're rolling grape leaves you'll want to add them to a pot. I will usually Crisscross them on each row.
Instructions 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
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