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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in large skillet. | 2. Add onion and saute until transparent but don't brown. | 3. Add meat, stirring to break into pieces. | 4. Add rice,dill,pine nuts, water and tomato paste; season to taste with pepper. | 5. Cook over medium heat until water is absorbed, about 10 minutes. | 6. Cover bottom of Dutch oven with layer of the smaller grape leaves and any that get torn in the process of rolling. | 7. Stuff remaining leaves by placing leaf shiny side down, on the palm of hand, with base of leaf toward wrist and tip of leaf toward middle finger. | 8. Put a spoonful of meat mixture in the center. | 9. Fold base of leaf over stuffing, then fold sides of leaf over (like an envelope), tucking edges in snugly. | 10. Arrange tip side down in pan. | 11. Add broth to within 1 inch of top layer; use any leftover leaves to cover top layer. | 12. Place plate upside down over top layer and press. | 13. Cover and cook over medium heat until rice is tender, about 30 minutes. | 14. Sprinkle with lemon juice and cook 5 minutes longer. | 15. Let cool to room temperature, or chill thoroughly. | 16. Garnish with lemon slices and serve. | 17. *The stuffed grape leaves can be prepared 2 to 3 days before serving and refrigerated or they may be frozen, If frozen, thaw overnight in the refrigerator, then add a little broth or water before gently reheating in a pan. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
lamb	1		ground lean	1211.112	0.0	76.5677	97.9322
grain rice	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
dill	1/2	cup	chopped	153.72	27.8057	8.0539	7.3282
pine nut	1/3	cup		302.85	5.886	6.1605	30.7665
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
grape leaf	1	jar	rinsed drained	-	-	-	-
chicken broth	3/4	cup		58.59	1.4175	8.3538	1.9656
lemon juice	3	tablespoons		10.065	3.1568	0.1601	0.1098
lemon	1		sliced	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.