Dolmas of Dried Greengages

Name: Dolmas of Dried Greengages (Erik Dolması)
Yield: To Serve 4
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 1/2 quantity stuffing for quince dolmas but without the currants; 150 g/5 oz caster sugar; 1/2 quantity stuffing for quince dolmas but without the currants; 125 g/4 oz dried greengages; 25 g/1 oz butter

Erik Dolması

Preparation info

To Serve
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Nevin Halici's Turkish Cookbook

By Nevin Halici

Published 1989

About

This dolma recipe is from Konya. You can also prepare dried greengages in yahni fashion – as a stew. Prunes can be used instead of dried greengages.

Ingredients

125 g/4 oz dried greengages
25 g/1

Asia
Turkey
Main course
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Prepare the stuffing. Wash the dried greengages and put them in a pan with 1 L/1 ¾ pints cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 10 minutes until they are ready to open in the middle.