German Beef Roll Ups Rouladen Recipes

GERMAN BEEF ROULADEN

Steps:

• Cut steak into six serving-size pieces; pound to 1/4-in. thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place a bacon strip down the center of each piece; arrange a pickle half on one edge. Roll up and secure with a toothpick. , In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef on all sides. Add the water, onion, parsley and bouillon if desired. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until meat is tender. Remove to a serving platter and keep warm. , For gravy, skim fat from drippings. Combine the flour, water and browning sauce if desired; stir into drippings. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with beef.

OMA'S AUTHENTIC GERMAN BEEF ROULADEN RECIPE - JUST LIKE OMA

Steps:

• Prep meat accourding to recipe instructions, cook until tender and make gravy.

GERMAN ROULADEN

Steps:

• Cut the flank steak into thin filets; about 1/4 inch thick and 3 inches wide.
• Generously spread one side of each filet with mustard to taste. Place bacon, onions and pickle slices on each filet and form into a roll. Use string or toothpicks to hold the roll together.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat and melt butter. Place the rolls in the butter and saute until browned.
• Pour in 2 1/2 cups of water and add the bouillon cube; stirring to dissolve the bouillon cube. Simmer the rolls for about an hour.

GERMAN BEEF ROULADEN

Steps:

• Spread 1/2 tablespoon mustard over one side of each piece of meat. Sprinkle the onion, paprika, salt, and pepper evenly over the steaks. Lay one slice of bacon on each piece. Roll the steaks jelly-roll style and secure with toothpicks.
• Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook meat on all sides until browned. Add the beef broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes.
• Remove the meat rolls. Strain the broth mixture and return liquid to the skillet. Whisk together the cornstarch and 1 cup of water. Slowly pour the cornstarch slurry into the skillet, stirring continually until the sauce has thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the sour cream. Return rolls to the sauce; serve immediately.

GERMAN ROULADEN / BEEF ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• 1. Tenderize the thin beef slices with a meat mallet on both sides evenly. You can overlap the beef steaks (if not large enough) and seam them together by pounding with the meat mallet. Season with salt and pepper. Spread thin layer of mustard on one side (where the filling will go).
• 2. Sauté the bacon, cut into small cubes, with two finely chopped onions until onions are tender, add the chopped parsley. Cut the pickles into thin stripes (lengthwise). Spoon the bacon/onion mixture and add several of the thinly cut pickles on top of the beef.
• 3. Roll up the beef tightly (fold sides first over the mixture, then roll up lengthwise, like a burrito) holding in place with toothpicks or wrap with string. Braise Rouladen in some oil (with little butter added for extra flavor) until browned on all sides. Add the finely chopped carrot, onion and celery, season with salt and pepper. Add little beef broth, let simmer covered for 1.5 hours or until beef is tender. More beef broth can be added during the cooking process.
• 4. Remove Rouladen from pot, remove toothpicks or string and let rest, strain sauce through a sieve. Optionally you can thicken sauce with some flour: Return strained sauce to pot and simmer, add 1-2 tablespoons of flour to a small cup, add a little bit of cold water to the cup and stir with a fork making a thin paste. Add flour paste to the simmering sauce, stir until sauce is thickened. Season once again to taste. Remove sauce from heat and add the sour cream and 1 tablespoon of tomato paste (optional) and mix to combine everything. Return the Rouladen to the pot. Serve with Spätzle, Knödel, Rotkohl (red cabbage) mashed potatoes, asparagus or green beans.
• 5. Return the Rouladen to the pot. Serve with Spätzle, Knödel, Rotkohl (red cabbage) mashed potatoes, asparagus or green beans.

GERMAN BEEF ROLL-UPS ROULADEN

Steps:

• Flatten out the flank steaks with a meat pounder and spread mustard on the "inside" of the meat.
• Dice 1 onion, the bacon and the pickles and distribute even amounts onto your roll up meat.
• season well with salt, pepper and paprika powder.
• Roll up meat from the short side up and secure edge with either tooth picks or some yarn/thread.
• spread more mustard on the outside of roll ups and season some more
• Heat oil in a heavy broiler pan and brown roll ups from all sides.
• ad 1 1/2 cups of broth to the broiler as well as the left over 3 onions cut into quarters INCLUDING the brown skins (very important, this will give color to the gravy).
• cover your boiler pan and broil in the oven at 350 F for 2-3 hours (uncover for the last 1/2 hour) or until meat is tender. ad broth if needed.
• take rouladen out of pan and set aside. Strain the liquid into sauce pan and reduce until thickened.
• Serve with potato dumplings and red cabbage.

ROULADEN (BEEF ROLL UPS)

Steps:

• Pound steaks ,if necessary, to thin them out. Season with garlic, salt, pepper and mustard to your liking. Place chopped bacon, onions, and pickles down the center of the steaks and roll up. Tie with string.
• In large pot brown in vegetable oil, then add beef boullion and cover with water, let simmer for at least 3 hours. Add more water, if necessary, to keep them covered.
• Remove rouladen from pot and thicken liquid to make gravy. Season to taste. Return meat to pot and heat through.
• Serve with mashed potatoes or potato dumplings.

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.