Friday Food Files With Molly Watson: Dolmas.
Weekends are a great time to take on cooking projects: Those dishes that take a bit more time, that involve a bit more planning, time to make things you usually buy. One such project I took on recently was dolmas, or stuffed grape leaves. My motivation was tri-fold: An accidentally opened jar of home-made (well, home-processed) grape leaves that needed to be used up was at the top of the list, but a close second was my love of good stuffed grape leaves. Coming in third was my intense disappointment every time I bite into a sadly ubiquitous soggy, mushy, bland version.
I made mine with brown rice, which added a lot of body, and threw in some pine nuts and sunflower seeds. Plenty of onion, black pepper, and mint rounded out the dolmas themselves. Serving them with fresh lemon wedges (sections of Meyer lemons from our backyard tree worked well for us) and fresh goat cheese turned them into an impressive and modern dish. Serve as a casual and light main course or as a rather elegant first course if you have a dinner party planned.
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3 comments:
ooh! these are soo tasty and can be prepared many ways! coming from Greek heritage, these were always a dinner favorite, although a little time consuming...I have yet to attempt my family recipe..
Mmmmm, those look and sound delicious! Reminiscent of my step-grandma's Ukrainian cabbage rolls :)
I fill them with ground meat(little rice &spices) and at the end instead of the cheese you added- sour cream.
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