French Onion And Beef Strudel Recipes

FRENCH ONION AND BEEF STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a small bowl combine mozzerella cheese and 1/4 parmesan cheese. Set aside.
• Melt margarine in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions. Cook and stir until the onions are a rich, golden-brown color. Remove onions with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving dripping in pan.
• Add beef to skillet. Cook and stir until evenly browned; 2-3 minutes. Return onions and any juice to skillet. Add flour, brown sugar, cumin, salt, pepper, and beef broth. Cook and stir (scraping bottom of pan) for 5 minutes or until almost all the liquid is absorbed.
• Grease a cookie sheet. Separate crescent rolls into 8 triangles. Slightly overlap long sides of 2 triangles together to make one large triangle; press to seal. Repeat until you have 4 large triangles. Place triangles in a row, all pointing the same direction and overlapping, on the cookie sheet. Press to seal. Spoon onion mixture down the center in 1-1/2" wide strip, leaving about 1" at top and bottom. Sprinkle with the cheese mixture. Bring side points of crescent rolls over the filling to create a braid-like appearance. seal ends. Sprinkle with 2 Tbls. parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until deep golden brown. Serve hot with sour cream and au jus.

FRENCH ONION-BEEF STRUDEL

Steps:

• Allow dough to rise until nearly doubled. Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute onion in butter for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. With a slotted spoon, remove onion from skillet; set aside. , Cut beef into 1/8-in. slices; add to skillet. Increase heat to medium; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until browned. Return onion to skillet. Stir in flour, brown sugar, cumin, salt and pepper. Add broth; cook and stir for 6-8 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Remove from the heat. , Punch dough down; roll on a floured surface to a 16-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Place on a greased baking sheet. Place beef mixture down the center of the long side of the dough. Sprinkle with Monterey Jack cheese and 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese. , With a sharp knife, cut dough on each side of beef filling into 1-3/4-in. wide strips. Fold strips alternately across filling. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Heat gravy; serve as a dipping sauce.

FRENCH ONION AND BEEF STRUDLE

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl combine the two cheeses and set aside.
• 2. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat add onions and cook until very caramelized, and dark golden brown 20-30 minutes.
• 3. With a slotted spoon transfer onions to a bowl. Add beef to skillet; cook and stir until beef is evenly brown, 2-3 minutes. Return onions and any juice to the pan. Add flour, brown sugar, cumin, salt, pepper, and beef stock to pan. Cook and stir (scraping the bottom of pan) until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• 4. Heat oven to 375 Grease cookie sheet or use a Silpat mat. Separate dough into 8 triangles. Slightly overlap 2 triangles with the longer sides together to make a larger triangle. Repeat with remaining triangles to create 4 larger triangle. Place triangles in a row on cookie sheet slightly overlapping the top point on on triangle with the bottom of the next triangle
• 5. Evenly spoon beef and onion mixture down the centers of the triangles in a 1 1/2 inch strip, beginning and ending one inch from the end.
• 6. Sprinkle cheese mixture over onion mixture.
• 7. Bring points over filling. Cross one over the other to make a braided appearance. Seal ends and sprinkle with 2 Tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.
• 8. bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes or until deep golden brown. Let rest for 5 minutes, serve with sour cream or yogurt if using, and heated au jus gravy