Chevre-Stuffed Grape Leaves With Grape Salad

Recipe Ingredients

2		Garlic heads
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Nonfat ricotta cheese
4 oz	113g	Chevre - (goat cheese)
5 teaspoons	25ml	Fresh marjoram or - chopped, divided
2 teaspoons	10ml	Dried marjoram
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Pepper - divided
1 tablespoon	15ml	Balsamic vinegar
6 tablespoons	90ml	Bottled grape leaves (large)
2 cups	474ml	Seedless green grapes - halved, divided
2 cups	474ml	Seedless red grapes - halved, divided
1/4 cup	59ml	Balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
		Vegetable cooking spray
12 cups	2844ml	Gourmet salad greens
6		French bread - diagonally cut

Recipe Instructions

Slice and toast the French bread.

Remove papery skin from garlic (do not peel or separate cloves). Wrap each head separately in aluminum foil. Bake at 350F for 1 hour; let cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves, and squeeze to extract pulp; discard skins. Set aside.

Place ricotta cheese, chevre, 3 teaspoons fresh or 1-1/2 teaspoons dried marjoram, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in a food processor, and process until smooth.

Brush 1 tablespoon vinegar over the grape leaves, and spoon 1/4 cup cheese mixture into center of each leaf. Bring 2 opposite points of leaf to center, folding over filling, and roll up jelly-roll fashion. Set aside.

Place 1 cup of green grapes, 1 cup of red grapes, 1/4 cup vinegar, and oil in food processor, and process until smooth. Strain; discard grape skins.

Combine grape puree, remaining marjoram, remaining pepper, and salt; stir well. Set dressing aside.

Place stuffed grape leaves on broiler pan coated with cooking spray; broil 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated and slightly charred. Place 2 cups greens on each of 6 plates; drizzle 1/4 cup dressing over salads.

Divide remaining grapes among salads; top each with 1 stuffed grape leaf. Spread garlic pulp over bread; serve with salads. Yield: 6 servings.

From Chef Bradley Ogden, restaurateur of One Market in San Francisco and The Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur, California.

Source:
Chef Bradley Ogden

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