Dolmades Gialatzì
Author/ Συγγραφέας: Katerina
Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Appetizer
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Greek
- A vase of vine leaves about 40 pieces
- 1 cup of rice
- 1 cup of water
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1 tsp ground mint
- ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- 2 ½ tsp salt for the stuffing + 1 tsp for the stock in which we will boil them
- Ground pepper
- Juice of two lemons
- 1 ½ cup vegetable stock
- ¼ cup olive oil + 5 tbsp for sautéing the onions and rice
- Take a deep pot, pour the 5 tbsp of olive oil and put in medium/high heat.
- Add the onion and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the scallions and rice and sauté for another one minute.
- Pour the 1 cup of water the parsley, dill, mint, salt and pepper.
- Lower the heat to low and cook until rice is half done.
- Remove from fire and put aside.
- Take a deep, large pot and place a layer of vine leaves on the bottom.
- Take a plate and grab one vine leaf.
- Make sure you face the rough side of the leaf, the one that shows the nerves of it.
- In the central top, place a hipping teaspoon of the stuffing and start wrapping the way I show in the pictures.
- Arrange the dolmàdes the one close to the other with no spaces in between them.
- When you finish wrapping all the leaves, pour the ¼ cup of olive oil on top of them.
- Salt them and pepper them and pour the vegetable stock and the juice of lemons.
- Place a soup plate upside down on top of them and place the lid.
- Put the pot on the stove in medium/high heat.
- When it starts to boil reduce to low and let them simmer for 45 to 50 minutes.
- Before turning off the heat, taste one to see if the leaves are soft.
- If they are kind of hard, let them simmer for 5 to 10 minutes more.
- Serve either alone or with a sauce made with a cup of Greek yogurt and one or two garlic cloves minced!
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/dolmades-gialatzi/
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