Grape Leaves

Name: Grape Leaves
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Árabe
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 jar fig leaf; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 1/2 limes; 1 cube granulated chicken bouillon; 1 cup rice, raw; 2 tablespoons butter; salt and pepper

ivan de leon

Delicious little grape leaves made with ground beef wrapped in the Arabic style. They are perfect as appetizers and can be accompanied with jocoque, hummus, or a bit of natural yogurt.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 01-02-2018

Preparation

30 mins

Medium

Place the ground beef in a large bowl and add the butter, rice, and seasonings; paprika, salt, and pepper and stir for about 3 minutes. You can use curry if you wish, it’s optional but I recommend only adding a little so it doesn’t become too strong. Take the grape leaves, spread them out and place a little oval-shaped meat in the center of each leaf until you finish the meat. Then wrap the meat in the leaves and roll them up so they don’t open during cooking. In a pot, pour one and a half cups of water to boil on medium-low heat, add the broth cube and stir until it dissolves in the water; add the juice of one and a half lemons. Lower the temperature so it doesn’t evaporate. Take some grape leaves and place them as a bed at the bottom of the pot. Once the grape rolls are ready, arrange them in the pot without pressing them against each other. After finishing the layer or layers of grape rolls, place other leaves on top. If the broth is excessive and covers the grape rolls above the line of the layer or layers you made in the pot, remove the necessary broth. Use something heavy like a plate placed over the meat rolls to prevent them from opening or unraveling while cooking, cover the pot and keep them on low heat for 45 minutes or check them to ensure that the broth doesn’t evaporate completely.