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Some feature rice and vegetables only, but many include meat. I wanted to make these at home so I poured over many, many recipes. When serving, you can squeeze some fresh lemon juice over the stuffed leaves or top with avgolemono, a lemon-egg sauce.Stacey loves these and orders them any time we are at a Mediterranean or Lebanese restaurant.While the stuffed leaves don’t need to be submerged during the entire cooking process, you should see some of the water/stock bubbling between the leaves. Periodically check the stuffed leaves to ensure that the liquid has not fully evaporated.Cover the pot and simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes.Place a light bowl, plate, or other item on top of the stuffed leaves to keep them from floating during the cooking process.Add a 1/2 teaspoon of salt and the juice from the lemon.Depending on the size of the pot you may need to create a second layer of stuffed leaves Once rolled, place each stuffed leaf in the pot adding new ones next to it.

Roll the leaf up like a burrito, rolling up the bottom while folding over the sides.

Place a small amount of meat at the bottom center of the leaf.

Place the lettuce leaf on a plate and apply pressure to the center stem of the leaf to break or weaken.

When rolling, don’t roll too tightly as the rice in the stuffing will expand as it cooks.

Place a small amount of meat at the base of the leaf and shape into a rectangle.

Place the grape leaf flat on a plate with a sharp knife remove the thickest portion of the stem from the leaf.

Stuffing and Rolling the Leaves If Preparing Stuffed Grape Leaves

Choose a large pot in which you will place the stuffed grape/lettuce leaves.

Combine the onion, ground beef, rice, dill, salt, olive oil, and 1 cup of water in a large bowl and mix well.

Peel the onion and purée in a food processor.

If using canned leaves, remove them from the jar and soak in a bowl of water with one tablespoon of vinegar for 20 minutes to reduce the brininess of the leaves Preparing the Stuffing Note – Certain mediterranean stores sell canned grape leaves.

Repeat until all of the leaves have been parboiled.

Parboil the next batch of 4 lettuce leaves.

Remove the lettuce leaves from the water, set aside on a large plate, taking care to lay each leaf flat, one on top of the other.

Place 4 leaves in the boiling water and boil for 1 minute.

Separate the lettuce leaves and only use those that are large enough to be stuffed and rolled.Repeat until all of the grape leaves have been parboiled.Remove from the water and set aside on a large plate, taking care to lay each grape leaf flat, one on top of the other, and parboil the next batch of 4 grape leaves.Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil.2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill or 1 tablespoon dried dill.20-24 grape leaves or 3-4 heads romaine lettuce.In the process steps below, I have detailed the preparation using both grape leaves and romaine lettuce. Our family recipe is a combination of rice and ground beef.Īnother bonus to this recipe is that you can substitute the grape leaves with romaine lettuce leaves, which is just as delicious. There are many different types of stuffing recipes, some call for pine nuts, others are vegetarian. While preparing stuffed grape leaves is somewhat labor intensive, enjoying a fresh batch far exceeds anything you’ll take from a can.