stuffed grapeleaves
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"Mashi" is what we called this dish growing up. It is another wonderful dish that my grandmother "Teta" usually served on Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. This is a very time consuming dish but well worth it, especially on special occasions. I hope you like it.
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Ingredients For stuffed grapeleaves
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1 jargrapeleaves
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1 lblamb or beef soup bones
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8 oztomato sauce
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lemon juice to taste
- STUFFING
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1-1 1/2 cchili ground lamb meat
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1 cup cparboiled rice
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3 tspsalt
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1/2 tsppepper
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1/2 tspallspice
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1/4 tspground cinnamon, (optional)
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2 Tbspbutter
How To Make stuffed grapeleaves
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1Combine all stuffing ingredients.
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2If meat is very lean add 1 tbsp of melted butter to mixture.
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3Remove leaves from jar, rinse & drain.
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4Remove the stem carefully by snipping with fingers or kitchen scissors.
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5Put one leaf in front of you. The stem side towards you and the veins should be facing up. The three points should be facing away from you.
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6Place 1-2 tsp stuffing into the center of leaf.
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7Fold up the bottom over stuffing, then fold the two sides over the first fold.
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8Roll tightly. The rolls should be about 3" long.
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9This is very important because if they are not rolled tightly enough they will come apart during cooking.
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10Continue this until all grape leaves are used.
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11At this point if you have leftover stuffing after rolling all the leaves you can stuff a green pepper, tomato or yellow squash. Wrap the stuffed vegetable in foil.
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12Place bones in bottom of a soup pot.
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13Place rolls side by side and in layers over the bones.
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14At this point you would add any additional stuffed vegetable wrapped in foil to the top of the rolls.
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15Cover with tomato sauce, then cover with water & sprinkle with some salt.
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16Cover with something that is going to push them down. Like a smaller lid with something heavy on top of it to push down the rolls. You want the leaves to stay packed and submerged in the liquid.
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17Lower the heat & simmer for about 45 minutes or until the rice is tender.
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18Add some lemon juice to taste & cook 10 more minutes.
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19To serve, drain the liquid first. While hot turn the pan upside down onto a serving platter.
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