DOLMA

DOLMA: A hearty armenian dinner which I often requested when coming home from college.

***Suggested vegetables to use for stuffing are peppers, zucchini, squash, tomatoes and once you get to grandma's level grape leaves.

INGREDIENTS for meat to stuff:

• 1 lb. of ground beef
• 1/3 cup long grain rice (uncooked)
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 tbs chopped parsley (Italian flat)
• 1 can of tomato paste
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

PREPARATION:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Mix all of the above ingredients together, using only 1/2 the can of tomato sauce
3. Clean vegetables and hollow out
4. Once hollow, stuff the vegetables with the meat mix but don't press down
5. Pour the remaining tomato sauce over the stuffed vegetables
6. Put 1/2 a cup of water in a hotel pan with the vegetables
7. Cook in oven at 350 for 45 minutes