Granny's Dolmades Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 jar grape leaves, drained
1/2 cup cooked long grain rice
1/2 cup olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 gloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup currents
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp fresh chopped dill or 1 1/2 tsp dried dill
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
1 1/2 cup beef broth
lemon wedges
1 cup water
1/2 lb lamb or beef
6 Tblsp lemon juice
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Directions:Separate leaves, placing in large bowl. Pour boiling water over leaves and let soak for 20 minutes. Rinse and drain, dry with towel. Cut stems. Sauté onions and garlic with ground lamb or beef.
Simmer until tender (about 8 minutes on low simmer). Add cook rice and all ingredients through dill. Roll in leaves. Line pan with leaves. Place grape leave rolls on top. Mix broth, water, lemon and olive oil. Pour on top of rolls. Place lemon wedges or sliced lemon on top. Simmer slowly until tender. Maybe 5 minutes. Don't overcook. |
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Notes: I remember helping Granny roll these...and roll...and roll. LOL
You can brown the pine nuts in the scotch pot. Remove them then cook the lamb, onions and garlic in the same pot. Add the raw rice and enough beef broth to cook the rice. When it is done, add the pine nuts, currants, dill and parsley. Filling is good to go!
New twist! Make as above but add the lemon juice. When it's done, add roughly chopped grape leaves (4 or 5). Voila! Deconstructed dolmades!
Also once the dolmades are cooked, you can reduce the broth then add corn starch to thicken it and use it as a dipping sauce.
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