Dolmades

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 shallots, finely chopped
• 4 scallions, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 4 1/2 ounces cooked short-grain rice
• 2 ounces sultanas
• 2 ounces pine nuts, toasted
• 2 tablespoons dill, finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 lemon, juice of
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 15 -20 grape leaves
• greek yogurt, for serving

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan. add the shallots, scallion and garlic. fry gently for 5 minutes until softened.
• 2 remove the pan from direct heat. mix in the rice, sultanas, pine nuts, dill, parsley and lemon juice and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• 3 lay out the vine leaves shiny side down. place about 1 tbs of the rice mixture in the centre of each vine leaf. roll up each leaf over the rice filling, forming small, neat, tightly-rolled parcels.
• 4 chill until serving.
• 5 serve with greek yoghurt.