My mom Georgia and I will show you how to make her traditional Greek dolmades with her very own grape vine leaves she picks from her garden. They are finished in an Avgolemono sauce . You won’t believe what she has done with the filling. FULL RECIPE BELOW.
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RECIPE: GREEK DOLMADES – STUFFED GRAPE VINE LEAVES WITH EGG LEMON SAUCE
1 jar grape vine leaves (200 grams)
3 tbsp. olive oil or clarified butter (45 ml)
1 small onion, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3 tbsp. each chopped fresh mint and dill (45 ml)
1/3 cup long grain white rice, raw (75 ml)
1 pound lean ground beef (450 grams)
1 leek, white only, finely chopped
Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Egg Lemon Sauce
Juice of 1½ lemons
2-3 eggs
1 cup cooking liquid from dolmades
Soak grape leaves in cold water to remove brine. Drain and set aside. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil or clarified butter in a medium saucepan. Sauté onions and green onions until translucent. Add fresh herbs and cook slightly. Set aside and cool. Combine beef and rice with remaining ingredients and season to taste.
Fill each grape leaf with about 2 teaspoons of beef mixture. Roll up grape leaf, tucking in the ends. Tightly fit a layer of dolmades in the bottom of a medium saucepan. Layer the rest of the dolmades into the pot. Add just enough water to cover. Add remaining olive oil or clarified butter. Cover dolmades with a heavy plate. Cook over low heat for 45 minutes to one hour. Remove from saucepan. Reserve 1 cup cooking liquid.
Whisk together eggs and lemon juice until well combined. Slowly pour hot cooking liquid into egg mixture while whisking quickly. Pour mixture over warm dolmades and serve. Cover tightly and let stand for 5 minutes off the heat.
Makes about 30 serves 6-8
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35 Comments
Georgia you are the best ….Gorgeous!
You guys are so sweet. Amazing cooking family too
Your mom is sweet…. I enjoy your videos ❤️
I stumbled on your channel with your father's pastitsio recipe. I am loving it. Complicated delicious recipes made to look like most people can make them.
So happy to meet your mom with the beautiful name. And you I'm so happy to find this recipe blessings🙋🌹🌹🙏🙏
Would I buy grape leaves in a jar as our store does not have fresh?
Great video, but the best would be without meat, just spinach,kale, spring onions, fresh dill and parsley,rice and herbs this is a spring dish, is the best without meat. Use meat only when you cook dolma with cabbage leaves.
Dolma what😅😅😅😅 "dolma" is a turkish word for "filling in something" come on. You can at least say this dish is turkish. Before putting a video and calling it greek please search it on wikipedia. I know greeks love believing fictions that they made up(they made a lot of myths😅😅😅) i think this believing badly to fictions they made up by their imagination is a tradition. Yes ! That is so greek.
You are making "sarma" not "dolma". You can cook dolma with bell peppers, cause you fill in them, you can cook "sarma" with grape leaves. Cause "sarma" means wrapping in Turkish.. if you try to stole something you should be more careful😅😅😅
You can cook sarma or "dolmasomething" as you call also with leaves of cabbage.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma
The word dolma is of Turkish origin from the word dolmak (to fill).[4] The dish is found in the cuisines of the Turkic countries, the Balkans, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East and Arabia. The word varies between Turkic dialects called dolama in Turkmen and tulma in the Tatar language. The word dolma most likely comes from Ottoman palace cuisine.
Oh. Wow. Can I move in? My two favorite things, lemon and stuffed grape leaves… it doesn't get any better!
The best ντολμάδες ! Great tip on the avgolemono sauce… Love your mom!
Your mom has got spunk! I will try this recipe, with organic brown rice and chicken!! I also really appreciate the tips on how to make avgolemeno – my mom usually puts too little in and cooks it.
I have watched this again, five years later. Your mother is just the sweetest! Thanks so much for sharing her recipes!
My Yaiyai is so much the same. It honestly made me smile! Thank you for all your videos!
Now I am craving Greek….lol Please tell me, can these be refrigerated and successfully reheated for serving later that day??
Hi Christine can l make these without the grape vine leaves.? My Mum used to make them without.
Aswell can you add potatoes to the pot to go along with the meat balls.? I cant get vine leaves knowwere aroud me. You can use more then 1 egg or lemon?
Another question sorry to you fry the meatballs or do you just boil them in the pot.?
Stuffed grape leaves are one of my favorites!!! I could eat a ton of them!
Dolma and Sarma Turkish Name .
Hi Christine. I’m confused about how to make Greek salad. Everyone has a different dressing from what I’ve seen in Greece. Help!
Your mum is so sweet! secretly changing the recipe over the years😅
Thank you for sharing your family recipe. Your mom was so sweet! Moms are the best!
OMG R U the Bomb💞
Can I be President of your Fan Club?
I love you and your mother more for having you. All your recipes are to die for. I can't find #1 I dislike, Honestly! As I look thru them, I don't know where to start. I wanted to make some Jewish recipes, till I looked at yours and forgot what I wanted to make🙄, that's terrible. I'm so glad I'm Open minded. Variety is the spice of life, right?👍🏻
Really enjoyed watching this video with your Mom in it!
Is the egg done? Due to my liver I can’t have under cooked food…
Very Healthy.
Originally a Turkish dish called dolma.
Love your Mum! Great stuff!
omg mama is so cute!!!! chicken, I love it 😍
I need all the Greek mama cooking tips I can get ❤️ these look delicious, ladies