Pammie's Braciole

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  • Total: 2 hr 35 min
  • Active: 35 min
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Ingredients

One 1 1/2- to 2-pound flank steak

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 large eggs, beaten 

1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs 

1 cup grated Pecorino Romano 

3/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, minced 

3 cloves garlic, minced 

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil 

2 tablespoons tomato paste 

1/4 cup dry red wine 

Jeff Mauro's Marinara Sauce, recipe follows

Jarred hot giardiniera, optional

Jeff Mauro's Marinara Sauce:

3 tablespoons olive oil

8 cloves garlic, minced 

1/2 large yellow onion, diced 

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 

Two 28-ounce cans crushed tomatoes 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper 

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Special equipment:
butcher's twine
  1. Gently pound the steak to 1/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle the inside of the meat with salt and pepper. In a bowl, combine the eggs, breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley and garlic. Place the mixture down the middle of the meat. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over the meat. Roll the meat with the grain and tie with butcher's twine in three places to secure the roll. Sprinkle the outside of the roll generously with salt and pepper. Heat a Dutch oven over high heat, add the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil and sear the beef on all sides until golden brown. Remove the meat from the pan and set aside.
  2. In the same pan, turn down the heat to medium. Add the tomato paste and cook 3 more minutes. Then deglaze the pan with the wine, scraping all the fond from the bottom. Add Jeff Mauro's Marinara Sauce. Bring to a simmer, and then add the meat back to the pan. Simmer over low heat until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.
  3. Remove the meat from the pot and season the sauce again with salt and pepper, if necessary. Cut the twine from the meat and slice against the grain into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices. Serve with extra sauce and a bowl of hot giardiniera.

Jeff Mauro's Marinara Sauce:

  1. Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the oil, the onions, garlic, Italian seasoning and red pepper. Sweat until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes, stirring to avoid burning. Add the crushed tomatoes. Once the sauce begins to bubble turn down the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Take off the heat and set aside for later use.

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David Klug

Made with a side of fried polenta (first time using polenta). Loved the Chicago style giardiniera (went with the mild). Publix didn't have flank steak, so I used thin sliced sirloin. It worked out great. This was a fantastic dish!

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