Ptacky Czech Rolled Beef Recipes

PTACKY- CZECH ROLLED BEEF

Steps:

• Pound beef well to make thin 5" x 5" pieces.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Spread with mustard.
• Place 1 slice bacon, halved and 1/4 pickle, cut lengthwise, on each slice.
• Slice and saute 1 onion till transparent.
• Place one slice on each beef slice.
• Roll the beef "sandwich" around the pickle.
• Secure with toothpick.
• Dice remaining onion and brown in shortening.
• Place in roasting pan with meat rolls and several cups of broth made from beef bouillon cubes.
• Cover and roast for 1 1/2 hours in a 350 degree oven.
• Baste every 15 minutes with additional broth.
• Remove meat rolls.
• Make gravy by adding flour and sour cream to roaster on stove top.
• Mix and boil. (Mixture will not curdle.)
• To serve, pour gravy over the beef rolls.
• Dumplings are a perfect accompaniment.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN BEEF ROAST WITH DILL GRAVY

Steps:

• In a large pot.
• Add your water-beef roast-celery-carrots.
• Bring the pot to a boil.
• Then let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.
• This is just like you were making soup.
• If you want to skip this part. Just add instead of water 4-cans of beef broth. This is just the old fashion way of making beef broth.
• After 1 1/2 hours of cooking take the beef out of the pot.
• You should have about 2 1/2 cups of beef broth left in the pot.
• put in the dill and bring the pot to a boil.
• Then add the sour cream-sugar-white vinegar and mix very well.
• Then add the flour mix very well so there are no lumps.
• Then put the beef back in the pot and cook for about 1/2 hour. If the gravy is a little thin add little flour till it is thick the way you like it. After it is done taste the gravy you may like to add a little salt. You can put this over wide noodles-potatoes or I like bread dumplings. Tell me how you like it.