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Chicken and pistachio dolmades recipe
- Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients
Filling
2 ½ cups long grain rice
250g chicken mince
½ red onion, finely diced
2 tbspn mint, finely chopped
2 tbspn continental parsley, finely chopped
½ cup ground pistachios
1 tspn Turkish capsicum paste (biber salca - available from Turkish stores. Substitute ajvar - Macedonian capsicum paste)
3 spring onions, finely diced
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
3 tbspns lemon juice
1 cup tomato concasse
Vine leaves – either fresh and blanched or preserved (remember to rinse)
Sliced tomato
One sliced lemon
Two cloves of garlic, sliced
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Preparation
Mix together all the ingredients for the filling, making sure the mix is not too wet and not too dry. Place a small quantity in the centre of a vine leaf, starting at the stem end, and roll into a small, fat cigar, tucking in the side edges as you roll.
Line a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan with tomato slices, any torn vine leaves, the sliced lemon and the garlic. Pack the vine leaf parcels into the pan, fitting them together snugly but allowing a little room for them to expand.
Place a large plate over the top and fill the pan with water to the rim of the saucepan. Simmer for about 30 minutes.
Serve with minted yoghurt, fine crushed pistachios and a little extra parsley and mint.
If you enjoyed this Chicken and pistachio dolmades recipe then browse more Turkish recipes, meat recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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