Скачать или смотреть How to Preserve Grape Leaves 4 Ways

Method#1 Boiling method-Cut steam and wash the leaves very well.-Try to stack the leaves on each other.-Bring water and salt (about 2-3 Tbsp.) to a boil in a medium pot over high heat.-Submerge a few leaves at the time in the boiling water for a few seconds and once the color change take them out and let them drain in a colander.-Keep some of the leaves for one meal in a zip lock bag then freeze them. Or you wrap each meal in a plastic wrap then put a few wrapped meals in a zip lock bag.Method#2 Drying in the sun method-Stack and fold a few leaves together and pass a thread through and make it like a form of a necklace.-Hang it outside in the back yard so they dry from the heat of the sun. Once they dry, keep them inside in the kitchen.-When it is time to use them, submerge them in hot water so they get soft and be able to make grape leaves rolls.Method#3 Freeze Them Fresh-Take a few washed and dried leaves and stack them on top of each other and then roll them in tightly like a burrito and wrap them tightly with plastic wrap. Keep the rolls inside a zip lock bag then in the freezer. Make sure not to put anything on top of the bag while it is in the freezer.Method#4 Canning Method- Stack and fold a few leaves together then press them in a clean jar until the whole jar is full. -Put a plastic round shape on top of the leaves so everything can be submerged by the water and not flouting.-Bring about 2-3 cups of water and 2 Tbsp. sea salt without iodine to a boil.-Pour boiling water on top of the leaves. Water should be over the leaves so if you run out the boiling water makes more.-Close the jar with the lid tightly.-Put the jar in boiling water for a few minutes, about 5-10 minutes then turn the heat off . Take the jar carefully out and flip them on a clean kitchen towel. let them cool completely then you can store them in cool places for a year or more.