Bracciole (Flank Steak Rolls)

Description

Authentic Italian recipe: flank steak rolls with garlic, parsley, and Parmesan cheese. Serve with egg noodles or as an addition to spaghetti or ravioli.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
  • 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or more if needed
  • 2 pounds flank steak, pounded until thin
  • 5 toothpicks, or as needed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 pinch white sugar
  • 1 tomato, chopped, or more as needed

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until tender
  2. about 10 minutes. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper.
  3. Mix parsley
  4. garlic
  5. Parmesan cheese
  6. egg
  7. 1 pinch salt
  8. and 1 pinch pepper in a bowl; drizzle in about 1 tablespoon olive oil
  9. while continually stirring
  10. until a sticky consistency is reached.
  11. Spread parsley filling in a thin layer atop flank steak; roll steak in a jelly-roll style and fasten ending piece to steak with toothpicks to contain filling.
  12. Pour remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil into skillet with onions over medium heat; cook steak roll in the onion mixture
  13. turning steak until browned on all sides
  14. 2 to 3 minutes per side. Add tomato sauce
  15. sugar
  16. and chopped tomato to the steak mixture; simmer over very low heat until steak is cooked through and sauce has slightly reduced
  17. 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Servings: 6

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