Cooking with Love

Beef Braciole

This dish is made of tender round steak pounded to create a thin surface. You top with fresh garlic, fresh parsley, basil, grated cheese. Today I used leftover mortadella, sliced provolone. You can use ham, prosciutto or just about anything to your liking. The important thing is to use good quality round steak. You'll be cooking these in tomato sauce.

Let's get started:

3 large pieces of round steak

Fresh parsley

Black pepper/Salt to taste

Grated Parmesan cheese

Wooden toothpicks to secure

1/2 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, sliced

Olive oil

Ham slices (or whatever you want to use)

1/2 cup of any wine or broth

1 28 oz can of tomato puree

1 can of fresh water

In large saucepan, add enough oil to cover bottom. Add chopped onions and one garlic clove sliced. When translucent, add the rolled up beef, securing with three toothpicks. Carefully add to cooking onions and garlic. Brown on all sides. Add the wine slowly. 

Once the wine evaporates, add tomatoes and can of fresh water. Stir very well, scrapping the bottom of the pot.

Add salt and pepper to taste. Place a few leaves of basil in the sauce. Simmer the sauce, stirring every 15 minutes to prevent sticking to bottom of the pot.

Let it cook for approximately 2 1/2 hours until the Braciole is fork tender.