German Beef Roast Rouladen Flavor In Crock Potslow Cooker Food

GERMAN BEEF ROAST (ROULADEN FLAVOR) IN CROCK POT/SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• In dutch oven over medium-low heat, saute the finely chopped onion and bacon together until bacon is translucent but not brown, about 10-15 minutes.
• Into bottom of a 6-quart crock pot or slow cooker, place the beef rump roast.
• Pour in the (undiluted) can of beef broth and the dill pickle juice.
• Over the top of the roast evenly spread the mustard and finely chopped dill pickles (or dill pickle relish). Dot with the whole bay leaves and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Top roast with the sauteed onions and bacon.
• Cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours, or until tender. Remove meat, and strain juices to make gravy (see to make gravy below).
• TO MAKE GRAVY:.
• Strain juices from roast through a fine mesh strainer into a sauce pan or dutch oven.
• Make a slurry in a 2 cup glass measuring cup using a fork to whisk together 1 cup cold water and 1/2 cup flour, until smooth. Pour the slurry all at once into the pan of juices.
• Using a wire whisk and whisking all the while, bring the gravy mixture to a boil over medium-high; then reduce to a simmer and continue to cook and whisk another 5 minutes (gravy wil thcken more as it cools).
• P.S. Good sides are green beans (Gruene bohnen), sweet and sour red cabbage (Rotkohl), and boiled or mashed potatoes topped with fresh snipped parsley. Guten appetit!

EASY GERMAN BEEF ROULADE

Steps:

• With meat mallet or rolling pin, flatten meat to about a 10x8 rectangle.
• Spread with mustard.
• In large skillet on medium high heat, cook bacon and onion til bacon is crisp.
• Pour off fat reserving 1/4 cup in skillet.
• Spread bacon mix over meat.
• Sprinkle pickle on top.
• Roll up meat from short end and secure with string or turkey pins.
• Place meat roll in skillet over medium high heat in reserved bacon fat and brown on all sides.
• Remove to 13x9 baking dish.
• Stir flour into fat in skillet and blend until smooth, gradually stirring in beef broth.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened.
• Pour sauce over beef roll.
• Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours or until done.
• Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
• Skim fat from sauce, strain and serve with meat.

CROCKPOT ROULADEN

Steps:

• Cut steak into 6 equal portions. Place each piece between two layers of plastic wrap and pound with a mallet or rolling pin until about 1/4" thick. Spread each piece with mustard and set aside. Place carrots in bottom of 5-6 qt slow cooker.
• Cook bacon in skillet until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Meanwhile, in bacon grease left in skillet, saute onions until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove onion to a bowl with slotted spoon. Add chopped pickles. Crumble bacon and add to onion mixture. Divide equally amongst pieces of beef; roll each piece around the filling and secure with kitchen twine. Dredge in flour, tapping off any excess.
• Add butter to any remaining bacon grease. When foaming subsides, add beef rolls and brown 1-2 minutes on each side. As each is finished, transfer to the slow cooker on top of the carrots. Pour beef stock over all. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours until carrots are tender and beef is very tender. Remove beef with tongs; carefully remove strings. Remove carrots with a slotted spoon.
• Combine sour cream and flour; stir well. Add to liquid remaining in slow cooker and stir well. Turn heat to high. Return beef and carrots to pot and cover. Cook 10-20 minutes until thick. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.

MOM'S TRADITIONAL GERMAN BEEF ROULADEN (RINDERROULADEN)

Steps:

• Spread 1 tablespoon mustard evenly on one side of each pounded steak.
• Sprinkle salt and pepper over mustard.
• Evenly sprinkle chopped bacon, onion, and pickles over mustard side of each steak.
• Roll up firmly jelly roll fashion (with filling to inside, starting at narrow end), and secure each rouladen shut (so filling stays in) with wooden toothpicks, cooking twine, or white sewing thread.
• In a large dutch oven, heat the cooking oil over medium-high heat. When hot, carefully add the rouladen rolls. Fry until nicely browned, turning once (about 7 minutes per side).
• Add enough hot water or broth to almost cover the rouladen. Add bay leaf. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
• Cover and reduce heat to low.
• Simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours on low heat, checking once halfway through to give a stir and see that meat is covered with sufficient liquid (you may add a little hot water at this point, if necessary).
• With a large slotted spoon, carefully remove the rouladen from the hot broth to an oven-proof dish; cover with foil and keep warm in the oven while making the gravy.
• To Make Gravy:.
• Add the flour to 1 cup of water in a large measuring cup, whisking briskly with a fork to blend.
• Pour the flour mixture all at once into the hot broth, using a wire whisk to blend. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan, and stir them into the gravy.
• Increase heat to medium-high, and bring gravy mixture to a boil, whisking constantly. Continue to whisk and boil for two to three minutes, until gravy thickens. Reduce heat to low, and remove the bay leaf. Adjust seasoning to taste.
• To Serve:.
• (Note: Remove toothpicks and twine or thread before serving).
• Using a large slotted spoon, carefully place the rouladen into the hot gravy; cover, and warm through for a few minutes.
• Remove from heat and serve.
• Good sides are boiled new potatoes or potato dumplings sprinkled with fresh snipped parsley,and German Rotkohl (Red Cabbage) or Country Green Beans with Bacon and Onion.

GERMAN-STYLE BEEF ROAST FOR THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Trim fat from meat.
• If necessary, cut roast to fit into a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker.
• In a large skillet brown the meat on all sides in hot oil and drain fat.
• In the cooker, combine the carrots, onions, celery, and pickles.
• Place the meat on top of vegetables.
• In a small bowl combine the 1/2 cup red wine, the mustard, pepper, cloves, and bay leaves.
• Pour over meat and vegetables in cooker.
• Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 8 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours.
• Remove the meat from the cooker and place on a serving platter; cover with foil to keep warm.
• FOR GRAVY:.
• Transfer vegetables and cooking liquid to a 2-quart saucepan.
• Skim fat and discard bay leaves.
• In a small bowl, stir together flour and the 2 tablespoons wine. Stir into the mixture in saucepan.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Serve with vegetables, gravy, and hot cooked spaetzle.
• If desired, sprinkle with parsley.