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Stuffed Grape Leaves
This recipe for Stuffed Grape Leaves is another one of my favorite popular Romanian recipes that I want to share with you. These grape leaves are stuffed with ground meat and rice, topped with a tomato sauce and baked to perfection.
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
2 hrs mins
Total Time
3 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 40
Calories: 96 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Dinner
Cuisine:
Romanian
Ingredients
- 1 large onion chopped
- ¼ cup Dill fresh, chopped
- 1 pounds ground pork
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¾ cup rice long grain
- 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 pound grape leaves (1 jar)
- 4 cups passata or tomato juice or sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon pepper or to taste
- ½ cup white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio
Instructions
- Make your stuffing: Mix together onion, dill, ground meat, rice, vegetable oil and salt and pepper - with your clean hands!
- Optional step: Soak your grape leaves in water for approximately 10 minutes OR to remove even more salt content from your grape leaves, you can boil them in a large pot for about a minute, then remove and let cool. Pat them dry a little bit with paper towels.
- Roll grape leaves: Using a tablespoon, spoon your stuffing mixture onto your grape leaves and roll. I found the best way to roll was to roll the bottom up, fold in the sides, then continue rolling up. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Transfer the rolls to a large deep oven proof pan or ceramic casserole dish.
- Make the sauce: In a large bowl combine, tomato passata, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and white wine then mix well.
- Preheat oven: To 350℉. Pour the sauce over the rolls and cover dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake: Transfer the pan to the oven and bake the rolls for 1.5 hours covered. Then remove aluminum foil and bake for another 1 hour. Serve hot topped with sour cream, yogurt or tzatziki.
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Notes
- This recipe should yield about 40 to 45 stuffed grape leaves, depends on how big you make them.
- Stuffed grape leaves will last in the fridge for up to 5 days. Drizzle the rolls with olive oil to prevent drying out, and store in an airtight container.
- To freeze the grape leaves, again drizzled with olive oil, place together into a freezer bag or portioned into separate freezer bags, and they will last up to 6 months.
- Nutritional information is based on 1 stuffed grape leaf.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1stuffed grape leaf
Calories
96kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
16mg
(5%)
Sodium
81mg
(3%)
Potassium
226mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
3272IU
(65%)
Vitamin C
5mg
(6%)
Calcium
52mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 40Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 96
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1stuffed grape leaf | |
| Calories | 96kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 81mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 226mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 3272IU | 65% |
| Vitamin C | 5mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 52mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.