Braciola - Braciole (Italian Stuffed Beef Rolls)

HollyGolightly's Note:

Wonderful cheese-stuffed beef rolls simmered in pasta sauce. A great Sunday afternoon meal. I serve with a side of pasta and fresh steamed veggies.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb top round steak
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese
• ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder
• salt and pepper , to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 28 ounces pasta sauce

Directions:

1. Pound the steak very thin and cut into 4 pieces.
2. Place a slice of mozzarella on each piece, then top with parmesan, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
3. Roll each piece up tightly and secure with a string.
4. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet and brown the rolls evenly on each side.
5. Drop them in your favorite pasta sauce and allow them to simmer for 2 hours or until tender and cooked through. (The meat will add a wonderful flavor to your sauce!).
6. Remove the strings and serve.
7. (Alternative: Assemble and brown the beef rolls the night before and store them in the fridge. Then drop the rolls and the sauce in your crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours the next day).

Reviews

[Jen Wiehl]

Easy and yummy! I was bad and bought the premade Braciole from my local butcher, I followed the rest of your directions - the butcher had only put parmesan and parsley in the middle, so I opened each one up and put a slice of cheese in the middle. The DH was in heaven. He actually had the leftovers for breakfast this morning.

[CharleneMc]

We really enjoyed this. I used Gouda cheese, which is what I had on hand. I used the Crockpot method, so all of the cheese melted away into the sauce. (That's ok though, because I used the leftover sauce in a couple of other dishes like #213935.) The meat was tender and tasty. Thank you for posting this!