Rullapylsa

Cadillacgirl's Note:

An Icelandic recipe I found in my "Breast Wishes" cookbook, raising money for breast cancer research. The cooking time is the week to brine the meat! Posted for ZWT #6...

• Total Time: 168 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 168 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 rullapy ...

• 3 lbs beef flank steak, trimmed
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon saltpeter
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 large onion, finely chopped

BRINE

• 4 liters water
• 2 cups salt
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons saltpeter

Directions:

1. BRINE: In a large stock pot, boil brine ingredients for 20 minutes, then cool.
2. MEAT: mix all the seasonings and onion together and spread over meat. Roll tightly, like a jelly roll, and place in fine mesh netting, then place in cooled brine. Put a plate over the meat to hold it down and keep it covered in brine. Leave it in a cool place for 1 week.
3. Boil meat gently in fresh water for 2 - 2 1/2 hours, then cool and refrigerate. Eat with fresh brown bread.