Stuffed Grape Leaves With Cherry

Hello friends. Today I wanted to share a special recipe from Ottoman cuisine. Stuffed grape leaves cherry . The tradition of using fruit in meals and desserts of Persian and Middle Eastern and Arabic cuisines also influenced Ottoman cuisine after a while. For example, the sultans loved the delicacies prepared with sour cherry, such as cherry kebab, sour cherry jelly, and cherry bread dessert. Stuffed grape leaves with cherry is one of the favorite dishes of the Ottoman palace cuisine. I’m sure most of you will like the sourness and tartness of the cherry and the color it gives to your juice. You can also add meat to the recipe if you wish. It can be a different and delicious choice for invitation tables. Let’s talk about the Ottoman palace cuisine.

Ottoman Palace Cuisine, a rich cuisine formed by the blending of the Balkans, Aegean, Caucasian, Syrian, Lebanese and Anatolian cuisines, is in the top three of the world cuisines. Considering that the empire was ruled by thirty-six sultans; It is concluded that the sultans can evaluate the palace traditions and cultures differently depending on their personal tastes and lifestyles. It is thought that this situation also affected the Ottoman gastronomy. Actually, II. The eating and drinking habits of the palace did not change much between the 15th and 17th centuries, apart from the interest in fish, caviar and shrimp during the reign of Mehmed, and the rarer types of poultry in the second half of the 16th century. and let’s move on to the recipe 🙂

Stuffed Grape Leaves With Cherry

Gülçin

Palace cuisine

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Prep Time 2 hours hrs

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs 40 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Turkish Cuisine

Servings 8 people

Calories 257 kcal

Equipment

• Pot
• Pan
• bowl
• Oven

Ingredients

  

• 400 gram grape leaves
• 2 cups rice
• 2 onions
• 1/2 glass olive oil
• 2 tablespoons peanuts
• 1 tablespoon currants
• 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
• 1 tablespoon granulated Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon balck pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon mint
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 400 gram frozen cherries
• 2 cups cherry juice
• salt

Instructions

 

• Soak the grape leaves in hot water, remove the salt and boil them to keep them fresh.
• Wash and drain the rice.
• Heat the olive oil in the pan. Add the pine nuts and fry a little.
• Add the finely chopped onion and continue frying. When the onions soften, add the rice and fry a little.
• Add the soaked and softened currants, pomegranate syrup, black pepper, salt, cinnamon and dried mint and mix.
• Finally, add the cherry juice and sugar and let it boil.
• Add the 200 gram cherries and take off the oven.
• Put mortar and one cherry on the grape leaves, wrap them in finger thickness.
• When placing the wraps in the pot, sprinkle the cherries you separated between them.
• Add some cherries to it.
• After adding some salt and olive oil, add enough water to reach the level of the wraps.
• Cover the pot and cook on low heat for 40 minutes.0

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Bon Appetit !

Today, we have given you a delicious recipe from the Ottoman palace cuisine. The materials used in the dishes in the palace kitchen are quite balanced. For this reason, it is very tasty. You should definitely try this dish, which is loved by the sultans. You can make this delicious cherry dish by following the recipe and ingredients step by step. If you want to read more recipes and articles from the palace cuisine, please leave a comment.