Beef / Pork

Stuff grape leaves and italian squash is for Dinner.

Stuff grape leaves and italian squash takes 90 minutes to prepare.

Stuff grape leaves and italian squash takes 25 minutes to cook.

Stuff grape leaves and italian squash makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Stuff grape leaves and italian squash are:

White Rice, long grain, 3 cup
Ground beef, extra lean, 16 oz
Butter, unsalted, 4 tbsp
Tomato Paste, .25 cup
Crushed Tomatoes, 100 grams
Grape Leaves, 60 leaf
*Lemon Juice, 1 cup
Salt, 1 tbsp
Pepper, black, 1 tsp
Pepper, red or cayenne, .25 tsp
Allspice, .50 tsp
Summer squash, 16 small

Here is how you make Stuff grape leaves and italian squash:

Soak rice in warm water 30 min. Rinse 3 times drain the water out then place in large bowl, add the ground meat, and clarified butter, Rub the butter into the rice and meat add the spices then set aside.Cut the tops off the Italian squash and remove the inside carefully. You can buy grape leaves at any Middle Eastern store. Remove some of the leaves form the jar. Lay the leave with the vine facing you add about 1 Tablespoon of the rice filling at the bottom of the leave Fold up over the rice once then fold the side inward then continue rolling the leave as tight as possible without tearing continue with the remaining leave. Then stuff the Italian squash 2/3 full with the rice mixer. Stack the leaves and squash in the pressure cooker. In a sauce pan heat 3 cuts of water add the tomato paste stir until tomato paste has no more lumps. Pour the lemon juice and tomato sauce over the leave about 1/2 inch over the leaves. Place a plate over the leave Add the lid and cook on high heat until the pan stares to whistle. Lower the heat to medium for about 20 min.Serving Size: 1 iltaian squash and 6-7 leavesNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CQAMMAZ.

The nutritional information for Stuff grape leaves and italian squash is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 267.3

• Total Fat: 13.2 g
• Cholesterol: 43.7 mg
• Sodium: 801.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 26.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.1 g
• Protein: 13.6 g