Greek Dolmades with Avgolemono Sauce 🇬🇷

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Savoring this delicious, homemade dish of stuffed grape leaves with a rich egg-lemon sauce will evoke your senses and make you feel like you're indulging right in the heart of a Greek village! 🇬🇷

1

Blanching FRESH GRAPE LEAVES

Place several leaves in the pot with a skimmer spoon or strainer ladle. Press the leaves down gently to ensure they are fully submerged in the boiling water.  After a minute, or until the color of the leaves has changed, remove them from the boiling water and immediately submerge ice water.

2

Dolmade Filling

In a large mixing bowl, add the ground beef and pour in the lemon juice. Crack eggs and add them to the mixture. Add in the freeze-dried mint and combine all ingredients by hand; do not overmix.

3

DOLMADE FILLING

Add the chopped dill and onion to the mixture. Sprinkle in the sea salt flakes and once again combine the mixture by hand. Again, do not overwork so that the filling doesn’t become too dense.

4

Dolmade filling

Add the uncooked rice to and mix until all ingredients are combined.

5

Fill + Roll

To add the filling to the grape leaves, lay each grape leaf flat and add a spoonful or so of filling. Melt butter in a pot and pack the grape leaves tightly and layer. 

6

Cooking Dolmades

Cover with broth, created by mixing water & Better than Bouillon, and cook at a low simmer for at least an hour or until the internal temperature reaches 160°F.

7

AVGOLEMONO

Fill your pot with the broth remaining from the cooked Dolmades. Crack a large whole egg and an egg white in a separate mixing bowl.

8

AVGOLEMONO

Beat the egg whites with a hand mixer until a smooth texture is achieved. -Add in the lemon juice. Continue beating the mixture and add in ten egg yolks, one at a time.

9

AVGOLEMONO

Begin to temper combining the hot broth into the egg-lemon mixture, one ladle full at a time. Continue to beat the mixture simultaneously. Repeat  until the egg mixture has warmed up. Once warm, slowly pour the mixture into the pot with the hot broth on the stovetop.

10

SErving

Once cooked, remove Dolmades from pot to serve and drizzle with Avgolemono Sauce.

ENJOY!

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