Braciole, is a thin steak rolled with parmigiano cheese, fresh garden parsley, salt and pepper, cooked slow in tomato sauce, just like my momma makes. It's fork tender beef moist and delicious.
Pasta and Braciole
1 pound beef top round, sliced thin
salt and pepper
1 cup parmigiano cheese, grated
4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
toothpicks
makes 4 bracole
Sauce
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 large cans tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
optional red hot pepper flakes
Wash and pat dry beef, pound slices with a meat mallet till about a 1/4 inch. Salt and pepper add 1/4 cup cheese and sprinkle parsley on each one, roll up and secure with 2 toothpicks or string. Heat olive oil in large pot and brown bracole on all sides. Then add garlic for 30 seconds, and 2 large cans of tomato sauce. Add tomato paste and herbs, salt and pepper stir and cover, cook for 1 1/2 stirring occasionally. Cook pasta according to directions and serve with sauce and bracole top with parmigiano cheese and red hot pepper flakes.
Pasta and Braciole
1 pound beef top round, sliced thin
salt and pepper
1 cup parmigiano cheese, grated
4 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
toothpicks
makes 4 bracole
Sauce
3 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 large cans tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon fresh oregano, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
optional red hot pepper flakes
Wash and pat dry beef, pound slices with a meat mallet till about a 1/4 inch. Salt and pepper add 1/4 cup cheese and sprinkle parsley on each one, roll up and secure with 2 toothpicks or string. Heat olive oil in large pot and brown bracole on all sides. Then add garlic for 30 seconds, and 2 large cans of tomato sauce. Add tomato paste and herbs, salt and pepper stir and cover, cook for 1 1/2 stirring occasionally. Cook pasta according to directions and serve with sauce and bracole top with parmigiano cheese and red hot pepper flakes.
