🇬🇷 Greek

Tomatoes Dolmades

Name: Tomatoes Dolmades
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 6 large Tomato; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 150 g Rice; 2 Lemon; 2 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 30 Grape Leaves

🇬🇷 Greek

Low-and-slow braised tomatoes in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. Ready in 60 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 45 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Tomato6 large
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Rice150 g
Lemon2
Olive Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Grape Leaves30

Optional extras

Fresh Dillhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the tomatoes deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the dried oregano.
3
Return the tomatoes, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the tomatoes yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Stuffed Tomatoes, Peppers and Grape Leaves (Gemista & Dolmades) GreekFoodTv☼ · on YouTube