Meat Filling for Grape Leaves, Cabbage Leaves, Peppers, and Tomatoes

The more-or-less standard meat filling for stuffed vegetables, made with a lot of herbs and spices. It’s so delicious that you can bake the vegetables with no sauce around them, as in the recipe, or use one of the preparations. You can add pine nuts and currants to this mixture if you like or make the vegetarian version that follows.