My grape vines are growing like mad so I have plenty of leaves, and hopefully grapes soon to make wine. I also have milk from my goat so I would love to make a cheese and wrap it in the vine leaves.
I've tried searching on the board but can't find any info - can anyone point me in the right direction or suggest a good recipe?
Thanks
Sharon
Is your objective to wrap for presentation purposes or actually eat the leaves. Grape leaves when young may be blanched in boiling water for a short duration and thereafter eaten with some type of (filler). I have never known anyone to eat them raw.
I wasn't intending to eat the leaves, I don't actually like the taste of stuffed vine leaves.
I have made a simple soft goats cheese and let it stand for 48 hours. Yesterday I picked some vine leaves and soaked them for several hours in wine previously made from that vine. They weren't particularly supple so I heated up the wine and dunked them in it.
I drained them off and then tried to wrap the cheese with the leaves but it was difficult to get them to stick to the cheese. I finished it off by tying with string.
It's my intention to let this sit now for 7 days before tasting.
Any suggestions welcome.
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