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Rouladen - A traditional German meat dish.

Rouladen – a special, traditional, German dish

This is a wonderful old fashioned Sunday around the dinner table type meal. Detailed instructions on how to make this classic German main dish. You won't beleive how delicious it is!
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: German
Calories:

Ingredients

  • 6 Round Steaks - 6 pieces ½ thin 4 x 6 inches
  • 6 Celery sticks cut to fit roulade. 1 stick per.
  • 6 Carrot sticks cut to fit. 1 stick per
  • 12 Sweet Butter Chip Pickles - 2 per roulade.
  • 2 slices Bacon - about ⅓ slice per roulade - cut to fit
  • 1 Onions - sliced - more or less to taste
  • 2 leaves Bay optional

Instructions

  • Purchase and prepare round steak. What you want is about 6 pieces of round steak that are ½ inch thick and about 4 x 6 inches (after you have cut meat).
  • I cut through the meat to make it much thinner.   It still didn't seem that thin so I pounded it a bit more to thin it.
  • Place a piece of bacon, carrot, celery, some onion, and two butter sweet pickle chips on the meat.
  • Take end and start rolling tightly.
  • Securely tie with baker's twine. I tied the roll together in two or three spots and also went around the open ends, tucking any loose ends under the twine.
  • Each Rouladen needs to be browned. I did 3 per batch because you don't want to crowd them. Count on about 10 minutes to brown all sides for each batch.
  • When all have been browned, remove and use a little wine to deglaze and scrap up the yummy bits. Put all rouladen into duty oven or casserole dish where they are fairly snug.
  • Add enough water to cover. I actually had some beef broth in the fridge so I did half beef broth, half water. Cover with lid and cook in oven for about 2 hours. Check the meat and it should be really tender when done.

Nutrition Disclaimer

Nutrition information is an estimate only provided as a courtesy using an ingredient database. Garnish and optional ingredients are not included in the calculations.