Lebanese grape leaf rolls

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Jar grape leaves; 3-4 dz large or 2 dz small leaves per jar
Several lamb bones
3 Cloves garlic
1 pounds Ground lamb
½ cup Uncooked long grain rice
½ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon Caribe (crushed N. New Mexico hot red chile)
1 Lemon; juice of
¼ cup Sugar
1 can (28-oz) whole tomatoes

Directions

Rinse bottled grape leaves. If necessary, soak bottled or fresh leaves in hot water just until pliable. Place lamb bones and garlic in bottom of a large saucepan. In a medium bowl, mix ground lamb with rice, cinnamon, salt, pepper, caribe, lemon juice & sugar. Place a spoonful of lamb mixture on each leaf & roll up, tucking ends in. Place rolled leaves on top of bones in pan. Drain liquid from tomatoes into pan; coarsely chop tomatoes and add. Then add enough water to come just below tops of rolls. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, cover & simmer about 30 minutes or until rice filling is tender. Makes 3-4 dozen small rolls for appetizers or 2 dozen large rolls as an entree.

From the <Hotter Than Hell!>, by Jane Butel, ISBN 0-89586-646-3 (0-89586-542-4 paperback). Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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