Recipe: Grape Leaves by Sahadi’s
Sahadi’s, the James Beard Award-winning gourmand store in Brooklyn, shares this recipe for a signature Mediterranean dish to “Sunday Morning” viewers.
Grape Leaves
Substances:
1 lb. grape leaves
1 lb. coarse floor lamb
¾ cup rice
½ tsp. pepper
1 tsp. sea salt
¼ cup water
¼ cup garlic cloves
1 entire lemon
Directions:
Rinse grape leaves nicely and reduce stem.
In a bowl combine floor lamb, rice, salt, pepper and water. Stuff grape leaves with ½ tbsp. or extra of rice combination in following method: put combination near backside the place stem was, then fold and roll such as you would a burrito.
In a big pot, line the underside with the rolled grape leaves and stack, alternating every layer in the other way till they’re all in. Fill pot with boiling water and add garlic cloves. Put a heavy dish on prime to weigh the grape leaves down.
Deliver to a boil, after which decrease the flame and simmer for about 45 minutes to at least one hour, or till leaves are tender however not falling aside.
Drain water fastidiously and squeeze lemon over. Place in a pleasant serving platter.
For more information:
- Sahadi’s, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- “Flavors of the Solar: The Sahadi’s Information to Understanding, Shopping for, and Utilizing Center Japanese Substances” by Christine Sahadi Whelan (Chronicle Books), pre-order, to be out there September 2021 in Hardcover and eBook codecs by way of Amazon and Indiebound
