During lockdown, Theatre and Comedy Director Ed Stambollouian had time to expand his amazing repertoire of delicious recipes, as seen on his Instagram account, @londoncooking. In particular, he took the time to explore his Armenian heritage through food: attempting his first basturma, sweet soujuk, lahmajun, lavash and eech. It also gave him time to develop his very own family dolma recipe (vineleaf dolma or sarma).

Ed presents this workshop as a chance to share and talk about the different dolma or
sarma recipes that Armenians and non-Armenians enjoy. From 4:00 Ed will lead all
participants through the steps from preparing the filling, to rolling and cooking the
dolma. We take a break while the dolma cooks and then join together to compare
our results – by Zoom – and eating together.

Ed’s website: https://www.edstambo.com/

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Dolma Ingredients:

400-500g (drained weight) vine leaves

50g currants

2 onions

1 cup of basmati rice (195g)

extra virgin olive oil

25g pinenuts

2 cloves garlic

2 or 3 lemons

2 tbsp tomato paste

sugar

salt/pepper

allspice

dried mint

cinnamon

fresh herbs of your choice: I use a mix of parsley, dill and mint (a good handful of each)

A saucepan (roughly 20cm wide) with a tight fitting lid. 

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Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83341235432?pwd=ZmhUdVpGbDhNNFNGbWxVT0RPdjBxZz09

Meeting ID: 833 4123 5432
Passcode: 763076

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This Event is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

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