DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Warak Enab
Also known as: Stuffed grape leaves, Warak al-Ainab, ورق عنب
Warak enab are tender grape-leaf rolls with a savoury rice-and-meat filling.
About Warak Enab
Warak enab are tender grape-leaf rolls with a savoury rice-and-meat filling. Kathryn Pauline’s Lebanese lamb rendition pairs the slender rolls with bone-in lamb chops and a lemony cooking liquid.
Extra virgin olive oil gives the filling and surrounding broth richness. Lamb, grape leaves and lemon provide the central flavours, with Lebanese baharat adding a restrained aromatic seasoning.
The tightly wrapped rolls have glossy outer leaves and a soft rice filling. They form a layered serving with the lamb chops, bringing small, neatly shaped parcels together with larger pieces of meat.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Warak Enab
Kathryn Pauline’s Lebanese lamb warak enab.
- Preserved grape leavesBase
- Neutral oil, plant unspecifiedCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Lamb chopsProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- Ground lambProtein
- Medium-grain riceFilling
- Extra virgin olive oilCooking medium
- Stock, animal and formula unspecifiedLiquidIngredient page not linked
- Lemon juiceLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- Ground black pepperSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground paprikaSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground cumin seedsSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground coriander seedsSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground clovesSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground cinnamonSeasoning · Baharat
- Ground nutmegSeasoning · Baharat · Optional
- Ground cardamomSeasoning · Baharat
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Preserved grape leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual82 first jarred leaves over vacuum-sealed, brine full formula unknown.
- Neutral oil, plant unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lamb chops: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual90 first lamb branch, distinct whole cut from filling.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground lamb: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual95 selected lamb filling, no beef/potato union.
- Medium-grain rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Extra virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Stock, animal and formula unspecified: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First offered stock113, full formula genuinely opaque.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual123 blanching water, not an extra stock recipe.
- Ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend38; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend44; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend46; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground coriander seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend50; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend56; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend62; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground nutmeg (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend66–68/87; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
- Ground cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual full own prescribed Lebanese blend70–74; first ground-spice form selected, nutmeg alone explicitly optional. Exact botanical species/product unprovided where broader name used.
Origins & food traditions
Lebanon association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Lebanese Cuisine
- Egyptian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Jordanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Lebanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review