Grape Leaves

Name: Grape Leaves
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 15 servings Butter; 47 grams chopped fresh dill; 2 Tbsps garlic powder; 1 jar preserved grape leaves in brine; 907 grams ground beef; 2 Tbsps ground pepper; 907 grams ground pork; 15 servings Lemon juice; 15 servings Olive oil; 2 Tbsps salt; 100 grams chopped spring onion; 15 servings Tomato puree; 160 grams chopped white onion; 370 grams white rice; 370 grams white rice

If you have approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Grape Leaves might be a spectacular gluten free recipe to try. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This hor d'oeuvre has 579 calories, 23g of protein, and 43g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 15. This recipe from Foodnetwork requires salt, ground beef, onion, and ground pepper.

Instructions

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Mix the ground beef and ground pork.

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Ground Beef

Ground Pork

Add the rice, dill, both onions, garlic powder, salt and pepper, and then mix.

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Salt And Pepper

Garlic Powder

Onion

Dill

Rice

Make a puree by first melting some butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Then add enough olive oil and tomato puree until the sauce is orange-redin color. Stir over medium heat but do not boil.

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Tomato Puree

Olive Oil

Butter

Orange

Sauce

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Sauce Pan

Add enough of the puree to the meat so that it is moist but not soupy.

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Meat

Let cool, about 20 minutes.

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.

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Grape Leaves

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Sauce Pan

Place about 3 ounces of meat filling on each leaf and roll them up. Once you have rolled all your grape leaves, stack them in a circular pattern in the pan.

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Grape Leaves

Meat

Roll

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Frying Pan

Add a little lemon juice, some olive oil and enough water to just cover the top of your last stack. Cover and let simmer for about an hour.

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Lemon Juice

Olive Oil

Water

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

15servings

Butter 47grams

chopped fresh dill 2Tbsps

garlic powder 1jar

preserved grape leaves in brine 907grams

ground beef 2Tbsps

ground pepper 907grams

ground pork 15servings

Lemon juice 15servings

Olive oil 2Tbsps

salt 100grams

chopped spring onion 15servings

Tomato puree 160grams

chopped white onion 370grams

white rice 370grams

white rice

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