Mediterranean
Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate
Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 40 jarred grape leaves
- 1.5 cups rice
- 1 onion
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1/4 cup chopped dill
- 1/4 cup chopped mint
- 2 lemons
- 1 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Rinse the grape leaves and pat them dry, trimming any tough stems.
- Cook the onion in 3 tbsp olive oil until soft, then stir in the rice, pine nuts, dill, mint, salt, and the juice of one lemon and cook 2 minutes.
- Place a spoonful of filling on each leaf, fold in the sides, and roll it into a tight cylinder.
- Pack the rolls seam side down in a heavy pot, drizzle with the remaining olive oil and lemon juice, and add water to just cover.
- Weight the rolls with a plate, cover, and simmer gently until the rice is tender, about 45 minutes.
- Let cool slightly and serve warm or at room temperature with lemon wedges.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate carries tree nuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Stuffed Grape Leaves Plate takes about 90 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on grape leaf, rice, and pine nut.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.