Ispit Stuffed Leaves
City
Karabük
Prep Time
65 min
Ispit Dolmasi shows how wild or local greens enter the stuffed-leaf tradition in Karabuk and the Western Black Sea region. Ispit leaves are wrapped with a rice and onion filling; their slightly herbal taste separates the dish from classic vine-leaf dolma. When made with seasonal ispit, it becomes a memorable example of village-table cooking.
Ingredients
- Ispıt yaprağı
- Pirinç
- Soğan
- Salça
- Nane
- Tereyağı
- Tuz
Recipe
- 1
Clean the ispit leaves, wash and briefly soften them in boiling water.
- 2
Prepare the filling with rice, chopped onion, tomato paste, mint, salt and a little oil.
- 3
Place a little filling on each leaf and roll tightly.
- 4
Arrange in a pot, add water and butter.
- 5
Cook gently until the rice softens and the leaves release their flavor.