Braciolettine (Italian Stuffed Eye of the Round)
Braciolettine (Italian Stuffed Eye of the Round)
4-5lbs.
eye of the round roast
Stuffing:
1 medium
onion (2 cups)
8 tbsp.
Olive oil
4 tbsp.
sweet red wine
½ cup
of water
1 clove
of garlic (Minced)
1 tbsp.
parsley
1 ½
cups Italian bread crumbs
5 tbsp.
Parmesan cheese
3 1/2
cup diced tomatoes
2 eggs
½ cup
milk
Finely
chop onions and sauté in pan with olive oil, sweet wine, and water.
Then add parsley, and garlic (finely chopped). Cook until onion is
light brown. Remove from heat. Add 1 ½ cup Italian bread crumbs,
mix well, and then add 3 tbsp of Parmesan cheese.(set aside)
Cut
meat about 1/8” thick, then pound into about 3 x 4 pieces.
Assemble
Braciolettine:
Lay
meat on wax paper, put about a tbsp. of the bread crumbs mixture on
each piece of flattened meat. Then add a few pieces of the diced
tomato. Roll each piece of meat, fold sides in a little roll. Set
in groups of 8 roles. Put two skewers through first roll of meat
then add more roles until you have 8 (2 ½” wide roll) stacked on
the two skewers.
Put
2 cups of Italian bread crumbs in a baking pan, and then add 2 tbsp.
of Parmesan cheese.
Make
an egg wash with 2 eggs and ½ cup of milk in another baking pan and
beat eggs well.
Dip
the skewered Braciolettine in the egg, then into the bread crumbs.
Makes approximately 6 ½ skewers with eight rolls on each.
Put
some olive oil in a baking pan. Place the breaded skewers of meat in
the pan. Sprinkle with olive oil.
Bake
at 375 for about 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown.
Labels: eye of the round, heritage, italian, italian food, main italian dish, rolled meat, traditions
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