Stuffed Vine Leaves and Zucchini
Stuffed Vine Leaves and Zucchini

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, stuffed vine leaves and zucchini. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have stuffed vine leaves and zucchini using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Vine Leaves and Zucchini:
  1. Get vine leaves, washed and stems removed
  2. Take baby zucchini, washed
  3. Prepare lamb ribs, or 8 pieces
  4. Prepare lemon juice
  5. Get For the stuffing
  6. Make ready coarsely ground beef
  7. Prepare white rice, washed and drained
  8. Make ready salt
  9. Take pepper

Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. To stuff the vine leaves, lay a leaf on a chopping board, shiny-side down. Cut off and discard any stems. Fold the bottom of the leaf up and over the filling, then fold the sides inwards and the top down, and continue to roll up.

Steps to make Stuffed Vine Leaves and Zucchini:
  1. In a deep bowl, mix the stuffing ingredients together.
  2. Place the vine leaves in a pot filled with boiling water for 1 min. Remove from hot water and place under cold water. Strain well and set aside.
  3. Take one vine leaf and spread it on a flat surface and place 1 teaspoon of the stuffing in the middle forming a straight line. Fold the sides inwards first and roll to warp. Make sure the stuffing is completely covered and the vine leaf is tightly wrapped. Repeat same procedure with the other vine leaves.
  4. Trim the ends of the zucchini. With a corer, pierce the top and remove the insides, making sure to keep a relatively thick outer layer that can hold the stuffing.
  5. Fill only ¾ of each zucchini leaving space for the rice to expand when cooked.
  6. Sprinkle salt and pepper on the meat ribs and fry them in a skillet until brown.
  7. Place the cooked ribs at the bottom of a deep pot.
  8. Place the wrapped vine leaves over the ribs in layers then place the stuffed zucchini on top of the leaves. Add the lemon juice and some boiling water to cover the pot contents. Place a plate, face inwards, on top of the contents to weigh them down while cooking.
  9. Cover pot and allow it to simmer on low heat for 1 hr 30 min.
  10. Turn off the heat and remove the plate. Remove the zucchini and set aside.
  11. To serve, place a serving dish, facing inwards, over the pot. Turn over the pot upside down, holding tightly the dish under it. Let the content drop on the serving dish and remove slowly the pot. Arrange the zucchini on top.
  12. Serve warm with yogurt on the side.

Cut off and discard any stems. Fold the bottom of the leaf up and over the filling, then fold the sides inwards and the top down, and continue to roll up. Drizzle the stuffed vine leaves (dolmathes) with the rest of the olive oil and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Place an inverted plate on top to hold them down when cooking and pour in enough water just to cover them. Pickled vine leaves are available here in Turkey, but if you can only find fresh ones, here is a great link explaining how to preserve them.

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