Stuffed grape leaves
Dolmas
The well-known, much-loved stuffed vine or grape leaves. I use fresh leaves from the vine, but you can also find them in jars at Arabic grocery stores.
Special ingredients: Lemon salt Amazon, Allspice Amazon, Grape leaves Amazon, Dried mint Amazon
Video in Spanish on my YouTube channel.
Ingredients
As I list them in the video description.
Filling
- 250 grape leaves
- 1 kg ground beef, or ½ kg beef and ½ kg pork
- 550 g rice
- 1 cup oil
- 200 g butter
- 1 tbsp allspice
- 1 cup water, or as needed
- 4 to 5 pork or lamb chops (optional)
For cooking
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tbsp citric acid (lemon salt)
- 2 large heads of garlic, crushed
- 3 tbsp mint
- Enough water to cover the plate
How it's made, in short
- Blanch the grape leaves until they change color and let them drain.
- Soak the rice in warm salted water and mix it with the meat, allspice, butter, oil and a little water.
- Fill each leaf and roll it up, pressing gently.
- Line the pot with leaves and the chops, and arrange the rolls in circles.
- Add the mint, citric acid, salt, garlic and water; cover with a plate and a stone and cook on the lowest heat for 45 minutes to an hour.
Watch the video to see every step.
