Grape Leaves and Pork
- 1 pound Ground Beef
- 3/4 cups Uncooked White Rice
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoons Allspice
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
- 1/2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
- 1 jar Grape Leaves
- 1/4 cups Olive Oil
- 1 pound Pork Chops
- 1 whole Tomato, Thinly Sliced
- 1 head Garlic
- 1/2 cups Lemon Juice
- 1.
- In large bowl, mix together the ground beef, rice, garlic powder, allspice, salt, pepper and cinnamon.
- Set aside.
- 2.
- Rinse grape leaves several times.
- If leaves are small, leave them intact, but cut out the large center vein.
- Place a SMALL amount of the ground beef mixture at the end of each leaf and roll up egg-roll style.
- 3.
- Pour the olive oil into the bottom of a large dutch oven and place the pork over the oil.
- Lay the tomato slices on top of the pork.
- 4.
- Place the stuffed leaves seam-side down on top of the pork.
- pack the leaves tightly and begin a second layer.
- Place garlic cloves randomly between the leaves; use at least an entire head of garlic.
- 5.
- When finished stacking leaves, pour the lemon juice over the top of the leaves.
- Add enough water to the dutch oven to reach the leaves, but not immerse them.
- (To prevent the leaves from unrolling during the cooking process, place a plate on top of the leaves and put something heavy on top of the plate.)
- 6.
- Simmer for 2 hours over LOW HEAT.
ground beef, white rice, garlic, allspice, salt, pepper, cinnamon, grape leaves, olive oil, chops, tomato, garlic, lemon juice
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/grape-leaves-and-pork/ (may not work)