Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat
Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, stuffed vine leaves with rice and minced meat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have stuffed vine leaves with rice and minced meat using 10 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat:
  1. Make ready 1000 g grape leaves _ pickles _
  2. Prepare 3 cups short \ round grain rice (washed & drained)
  3. Make ready 500 g minced meat
  4. Prepare 1 onion finely chopped
  5. Prepare 2 cloves garlic minced
  6. Take 1/2 tsp dry mint
  7. Get 1 tsp lemon juice
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  10. Make ready 1/3 tsp 7 spices
Instructions to make Stuffed Vine leaves with rice and minced meat:
  1. Soak grape leaves in water, then wash very well for several times, keep in a strainer to drain, trim extra stems
  2. Filling preparation : - in a deep bowl ; add, rice, meat, vegetable oil, dry mint, onion, garlic, 7 spices, salt and lemon juice, mix well untill well combined
  3. Place one grape leave on a flat surface,(tray, plate or granite / marble surface)
  4. Place suitable amount of filling (must be at the center), fold the bottom of the leave on the mixture, then fold the sides over so as they are closed, then roll it to gain a finger shape
  6. Repeat the previous step untill you finish all the grape leaves
  7. For cooking the grape leaves ;
  8. 2 kg of lamb / beef meat with bones, 1 cups lemon juice (less or more as desired), salt (to taste), 1 tbsp olive oil
  9. Apply a pinch of salt, cinnamon, and 7 spices on meat from all sides to taste
  10. In a wide deep pot, layer the grape leaves over the meat layer in a presentable way
  11. Add salt, 7 spices & olive oil and cover with water, add heavy weight over them, and cover the pot
  12. Put on medium fire and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to the minimum, and let simmer slowly, untill well cooked
  13. When reaching the desired doneness, take off the weight, add lemon juice, leave for about 5 to 10 minutes, then take off the fire.
  14. This cooking process takes about 3 hours
  15. In a soup bowl, pure the sauce, and then pure the grape leaves In serving dish
  16. It is served hot, with some veggies such as raddish, & spring onion

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