Recipe: Crockpot Braciole and Braciole (Italian Beef Rolls) (both with sausage in filling)

Crockpot Braciole (click here)
Board: Daily Recipe Swap at Recipelink.com
From: Gladys/PR 4-2-2003

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BRACIOLE (ITALIAN BEEF ROLLS)

4 beef top round steaks, 2x1/4-inch thick, 3/4 lb each
1 lb sweet Italian sausage links
2 cups celery leaves, packed lightly
2 slices white bread, crumbled
1/3 cup olive oil
4 large carrots, cut into 1/2-inch strips
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
16 oz tomato puree
14 1/2 oz beef broth
1/4 cup dry red wine
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
16 oz linguine, uncooked

Place the steaks on a cutting board one at a time. Use a meat mallet to pound each steak to a 1/8-inch thickness. Overlap the long edges of each two steaks to make one long one. Pound the overlap as flat as possible.

Remove the casings from the sausage links. Spread the sausage meat on the steaks in a thin layer. Top with the celery leaves and bread crumbs.

Starting at the narrow end, roll the steaks, jelly roll fashion. Tie each long steak securely with string.

Heat the olive oil in a large (6-8 Quart) Dutch oven over high heat. Cook the steak rolls until well browned on all sides. Remove the steak rolls to a large platter. Set aside.

Cook the carrots, onion, and garlic in the Dutch oven, using the oil which remains after browning the steak rolls.

Stir in the tomato puree, broth, red wine, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Return the steak rolls to the Dutch oven. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low. Cover. Simmer until the steak rolls are fork tender (about 1 1/2 hours).

Cook the linguine according to package directions during the final 30 minutes of cooking the steak rolls. Drain. Place in a large, pre warmed bowl.

Remove the steak rolls to a cutting board. Cut the strings. Cut the meat crosswise into 1/2-inch thick slices. Arrange on a large, warm platter. Pour some sauce from the Dutch oven over the meat slices. Serve the remainder of the sauce in a gravy boat with the pasta.

Servings: 12
Source: Joel Ehrlich