Stuffed vine leaves with minced meat & rice

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 2
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 5
  • 150 g Rice
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, white pepper
  • 3 tablespoons (60 g) Currants
  • 7-10 Tbsp or raisins
  • 2 tablespoons (30 g) whole
  • 7-10 Tbsp Almond kernels
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil (e.g. olive oil)
  • 250 g mixed mince
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Tomato paste
  • 1 knife tip ground
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cinnamon and possibly cardamom
  • 1/2 (500 ml) Glass
  • 7-10 Tbsp Vine leaves in brine
  • 7-10 Tbsp pickled peppers,
  • 7-10 Tbsp olives, almonds and
  • 7-10 Tbsp Lemon

Directions

  1. 1

    Soak the rice in a good 300 ml of boiling salted water at low heat for about 20 minutes

  2. 2

    Wash currants. After 15 minutes add to the rice and cook. Chop almonds and stir in

  3. 3

    Heat the oil. Fry the minced meat until crumbly. Mix in tomato paste and rice. Season with salt, pepper, cinnamon and cardamom

  4. 4

    Rinse off the vine leaves and lay them out like roof tiles on transparent film to form a rectangle (approx. 20 x 30 cm). Spread rice mixture over it. Roll up from the wide side. Cut into wide slices. Or: Fill the vine leaves individually. Serve with pepperoni, olives, almonds and lemon. Served with: cold tomato sauce

  5. 5

    Drink: cool rosé wine

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
330 kcal
CARBS
34 g
FATS
13 g
PROTEINS
18 g

Categories & Tags

Appetizer