Moms Rouladen Food

MOM'S ROULADEN

Steps:

• Lay the cutlets on a flat surface.
• Spread each one with mustard, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Divide the pickles, bacon and onion evenly between the cutlets.
• Roll up jelly roll style and secure with wooden toothpicks.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan; add the rouladen and brown well on all sides.
• Pour in the broth and add the peppercorns and bay leaf.
• Cover, simmer for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• Remove the rouladen.
• Keep warm.
• Blend the cornstarch with the cold water and add to the broth in the pan.
• Bring to a boil and cook until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in the sour cream and heat through.
• Adjust the seasonings and serve.

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.

OKTOBERFEST BEEF ROULADEN

Steps:

• Lay the steaks on a flat surface and brush with the mustard; lightly sprinkle each with salt and pepper. Lay a slice of bacon on each steak. Layer the onions evenly onto each steak and top with the pickle slice. Fold two opposing sides of the steak in towards the center about one inch or so forming a roughly rectangle shape. Roll into a tight cylinder and secure with a toothpick or two or butchers string. Repeat with the remaining three steaks.
• Brown the rouladen in a thin layer of vegetable oil in a thick bottomed sauce pot that's just big enough to hold all four in a single layer. Brown evenly on all sides. Use additional oil if needed and when done discard all the oil.
• Add the wine, beef broth and bay leaf to the pot. Bring to a simmer and braise with a tight fitting lid over a low heat for one and a half hours or until tender. When done a thin knife blade should meet no resistance when poked into the meat.
• Remove the rouladen from the broth. Stir together the cornstarch and water then whisk into the broth until it thickens. Adjust the seasoning to taste. Serve immediately.

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.

GERMAN ROULADEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven 400°F.
• Place meat down counter and with a meat tenderizer beat it until you get 6 3x6 thin pieces. Spread 1 tbsp of mustard on each piece of meat.
• In a bowl add the garlic, pepper, celery and onions. Mix together.
• Top each piece of meat evenly with the veggie mixture. Place one slice of raw bacon on top.
• Grab a dill pickle and roll the meat around the pickle. Tie string on both ends to hold it together.
• In a frying pan on med high heat, place each meat roll in and fry for 2 minutes on each side. Place in roasting pan and bake for 45 minutes!

GERMAN BEEF ROULADENS

Steps:

• Cut steaks into strips measuring 3 to 4 inches wide. On a floured surface, coat steak strips with flour. Using a meat mallet, pound meat until thin, approximately 1/8 inches (be careful not to pound holes in the meat).
• Season each steak strip with salt and pepper. Put a little chopped onion and 1/4 bacon slice onto the top of each steak strip. to make roulades, roll up (jelly-roll style) and tie well with butchers twine.
• In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil. Add roulades and brown thoroughly on all sides. As each roulade is browned, remove from frying pan and transfer onto a large plate.
• When all roulades are browned and removed from the pan, add wine to the pan drippings and let simmer 1 minute (scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan into the wine).
• In a large heavy baking pot or Dutch oven, place roulades and cover with the wine mixture; add water to just cover the roulades. Simmer gently 2 hours or until tender.
• When done, remove from heat and let cool.
• Remove strings and place back into the liquid. At this point, refrigerate the roulades in the wine mixture overnight.
• When ready to serve, place the roulades, with the liquid, back on the stove. Using medium to medium low heat, gently reheat the roulades.
• Once heated and ready to serve, remove the roulades from the liquid and place on a large platter.
• Make the gravy: Add enough flour to thicken. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and bubbly, about 10 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with additional salt and pepper. Remove gravy from heat and transfer into a large serving bowl.