Stuffed Grape Leaves

Name: Stuffed Grape Leaves
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 20 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 59 milliliters chopped dill; 1 head garlic; 454 grams grape leaves; 20 servings Kosher salt; 237 milliliters lemon juice; 118 milliliters olive oil; 2 larges onions, finely chopped; 1 tomato, chopped; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 237 milliliters white rice

Stuffed Grape Leaves is a gluten free and vegan hor d'oeuvre. This recipe makes 20 servings with 114 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 8 hours. A mixture of onions, dill, tomato, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Put the onions and oil in a skillet and cook over medium heat until the onions are soft and translucent, about 10 minutes. While the onions cook, peel the garlic cloves and mash them to a paste in a mortar and pestle.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Mortar And Pestle

Frying Pan

Add this to the pan along with the tomato, lemon juice, tomato paste, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for another 5 minutes. Stir in the rice.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato Paste

Lemon Juice

Tomato

Rice

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Frying Pan

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the dill. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.

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Dill

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Frying Pan

While this is cooling, drain the grape leaves and carefully pull them apart.

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Grape Leaves

Put them into a bowl and cover them with cold water.

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Water

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Bowl

Let them soak until you are ready to roll.

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Roll

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Place a grape leaf on your work surface, shiny side down.

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Grapes

Add 1 tablespoon of the rice mixture to the middle of the grape leaf. Fold the sides over the rice and roll the leaf into a small log shape, about the size of George's thumb. Repeat with the remaining rice, placing the stuffed leaves into a 9 by 9-inch baking dish. When the dish is full, cover the stuffed leaves with several layers of flat grape leaves and pour in 1 cup of water. Cover and bake for 1 hour.

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Grape Leaves

Grapes

Water

Rice

Roll

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Baking Pan