Mediterranean

Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate

Name: Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 40 jarred grape leaves; 1.5 cups rice; 1 onion; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1/3 cup pine nuts; 1/4 cup chopped dill; 1/4 cup chopped mint; 2 lemons; 1 tsp salt

Elena @elena_crete

Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

90 min Involved Vegetarian Vegan Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

40 jarred grape leaves
1.5 cups rice
1 onion
1/2 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup chopped dill
1/4 cup chopped mint
2 lemons
1 tsp salt

How to cook it

Rinse the grape leaves and pat them dry, trimming any tough stems.
Cook the onion in 3 tbsp olive oil until soft, then stir in the rice, pine nuts, dill, mint, salt, and the juice of one lemon and cook 2 minutes.
Place a spoonful of filling on each leaf, fold in the sides, and roll it into a tight cylinder.
Pack the rolls seam side down in a heavy pot, drizzle with the remaining olive oil and lemon juice, and add water to just cover.
Weight the rolls with a plate, cover, and simmer gently until the rice is tender, about 45 minutes.
Let cool slightly and serve warm or at room temperature with lemon wedges.

Watch how to cook Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate

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Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate carries tree nuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	Yes	Baked Falafel Plate
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 440 kcal
Protein: 6 g
Carbs: 45 g
Fat: 26 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.