Dolmadakia With Avgolemono Sauce
- 2/3 cup raw rice
- 1 (1 lb) jar grape leaves
- 6 small onions, finely chopped
- 3/4 lb ground lamb or 3/4 lb ground beef, uncooked
- 1 teaspoon crushed dried mint
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped parsley
- 1 pinch cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- chicken broth or water
- 2 lemons
- 2 egg yolks
- Do not cook the rice, but soak it in boiling water 5 minutes and drain in a sieve.
- Unfold the vine leaves and rinse under cold running water.
- In a bowl, combine the the rice, onions, meat, mint, parsley, seasonings and oil; mix together with clean hands.
- Form 1 Tbs of the mixture into an oval shape, place on a vine leaf and roll up, turning the ends in to seal; repeat until all the stuffing is used.
- Arrange stuffed leaves closely packed in layers in a small flame-proof baking dish (I use an 8 x 8-inch pan or a Pyrex deep 9-inch pie pan).
- Pour in the broth or water to cover; sprinkle with the juice of 1 lemon.
- Place a heat-proof plate on top of the grape leaves to weigh them down.
- Cover with foil, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 1 hour over very low heat.
- Let the leaves cool slightly in the broth and remove from broth, reserving the broth.
- Beat the egg yolks Add the juice of the other lemon to the yolks.
- Heat the yolk mixture, slowly adding some of hot broth from dolmadakia while heating.
- Remove from heat, stir into rest of broth and let stand 5 minutes to thicken.
- Serve immediately while sauce is warm.
rice, grape leaves, onions, ground lamb, mint, parsley, cinnamon, salt, pepper, olive oil, chicken broth, lemons, egg yolks
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/dolmadakia-with-avgolemono-sauce-94038 (may not work)