Frozen grape leaves

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Frozen grape leaves
Frozen grape leaves
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Do you think that dolma can only be prepared in early summer from fresh and soft grape leaves? If a grape leaf is frozen for future use, then your favorite dish can be enjoyed all year round. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.

Ready frozen grape leaves
Ready frozen grape leaves

Recipe content:

  • Ingredients
  • Step by step preparation of frozen grape leaves
  • Video recipe

The traditional way to use grape leaves is to make dolma. However, only young leaves are used for this dish, which very quickly become dense, elastic and unsuitable for a dish. In order for dolma to be on the menu all year round, you need to stock up on grape leaves for future use. To do this, they are salted, canned and pickled. In this recipe, we will learn how to freeze them. The workpiece perfectly retains all flavor and texture. Having frozen dolma leaves in stock, you can cook at any time throughout the year.

For freezing, choose only young and fresh leaves collected in early summer from a flowering bush, but before starting to treat them from diseases and pests. The veins have not yet become coarse on them. The size and shape of the leaves should not be jagged. It will be difficult to wrap minced meat in them. Perfect grape leaf - completely covers a medium sized female palm. The leaves should be healthy and bright green. It is desirable to collect them from the bushes of white grape varieties. Dark grape leaves are less suitable for cooking, they are tough and jagged.

  • Caloric content per 100 g - 93 kcal.
  • Servings - Any Amount
  • Cooking time - 30 minutes
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Ingredients:

Grape leaves - any quantity

Step by step preparation of frozen grape leaves, recipe with photo:

The stems are cut off from the leaves
The stems are cut off from the leaves

1. Sort out the grape leaves by sorting out the spoiled and torn ones. Cut off the ponytails from each leaf.

Grape leaves are placed in a sieve
Grape leaves are placed in a sieve

2. Place the leaves in a sieve.

Grape leaves are washed under running water
Grape leaves are washed under running water

3. Rinse them well under running water.

Grape leaves are covered with boiling water
Grape leaves are covered with boiling water

4. Transfer the leaves to a deep container and pour boiling water over. Leave it on for 2-3 minutes.

Grape leaves are dried on a cotton towel
Grape leaves are dried on a cotton towel

5. Place the leaves on a clean, dry cotton or terrycloth towel. Transfer the leaves with a towel to dry them well and not a drop of water remains on them.

Grape leaves are stacked on top of each other, 10 pieces
Grape leaves are stacked on top of each other, 10 pieces

6. Stack 10 leaves on top of each other.

Grape leaves are rolled and tied with thread
Grape leaves are rolled and tied with thread

7. Roll the leaves into a tight roll and tie them with any thread to hold well.

Grape leaves are wrapped with cling film and sent to freeze in the freezer
Grape leaves are wrapped with cling film and sent to freeze in the freezer

8. Wrap rolled grape leaves hermetically with cling film and send to the freezer for storage. Store frozen grape leaves until next harvest. Keep in mind that the frozen leaf is very fragile. Therefore, in order not to damage it, store them in a separate chamber.

See also a video recipe on how to cook frozen grape leaves.

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