Dolmathes (YiaYia's)

Ingredients

• 2 – lbs. of ground beef or ground turkey
• 1 – egg beaten
• 1 - medium onion (chopped fine)
• ½ - cup uncooked long grain rice
• ¼ - cup each chopped parsley and dill or as much as you desire
• Salt & Pepper
• 1 – large jar grape leaves (Krinos from Publix)
• 1-½ cups of beef broth and 1 ½ cup of water
• Juice of 1 lemon or more

Method

Grape Leaves:

• Mix beef and egg.
• Add onion, rice, parsley, dill, s+p, and no more than ¼ cup of water or less.
• Rinse grape leaves in warm water thoroughly and let them dry a little.
• Place a spoonful of meat mixture on a leaf, making sure the shiny side is down and roll; folding ends in as you go to seal in the meat mixture.
• Place folded side down in a large gallon Ziploc bag and freeze once your done OR place in a large saucepan, making more that one layer.
• Add beef broth till grape leaves are almost covered and butter slices on top.
• Slice very thin lemon slices and place on top.
• Place a plate over the top before adding the lid to keep all in place.
• Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

Sauce (Avgolemono)

Bessy - I usually just squeeze some lemon over the top when done

OR:

• Remove dolmathes and place in a large bowl.  Leave broth in pan.
• Beat 2 eggs and lemon juice of l lemon. Slowly add some of the hot broth to eggs while continuing to beat.
• Stir mixture into remaining broth.
• Cover allow to stand 5 minutes off the heat to thicken.
• Pour over Dolmathes.