Rouladen -German Pigs In A Blanket
- 2 lbs flank steaks, pounded thin and sliced into narrow strips
- 1 lb bacon, cut lengths in half
- sliced dill pickle
- prepared mustard
- 1 pinch marjoram, for each roll up
- 2/3 cup flour
- salt and pepper
- oil, for browning
- 2 cups beef broth
- toothpicks or kitchen string
- Trim all fat from meat and if not pounded flat by your butcher, take a metal or wooden cooking mallet and pound the steak until the tissues are broken down and it is pretty thin.
- Cut steak into long thin strips.
- Season flour with salt and pepper.
- Arrange an assembly line for preparation for ease of rolling.
- On each piece of steak, place a dab of mustard and rub it along the steak.
- Add a piece of bacon.
- Add a piece of pickle slice.
- Sprinkle a dab of marjoram.
- From one end of the steak, start rolling the steak, bacon, pickle until completely rolled and secure with toothpicks or string.
- Continue until all steak is rolled.
- Dredge rolls of steak into flour until coated.
- Heat oil in deep fryer pan.
- Brown steak until browned.
- Transfer to casserole dish.
- Continue browning and transferring into casserole dish until done.
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F.
- Stir and scrape up any browned bits left in frying pan and slowly add 2 cups of beef broth.
- Sprinkle a dash of extra marjoram into gravy and stir.
- Pour gravy over steak rolls in casserole dish.
- Either bake now at 350u0b0F for 1-1-1/2 hours or you can refrigerate and cook later.
flank steaks, bacon, dill pickle, mustard, marjoram, flour, salt, oil, beef broth, toothpicks
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rouladen-german-pigs-in-a-blanket-333821 (may not work)