Matambre
- 2 (2-pound) flank steaks
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1/2 pound fresh spinach, washed and drained
- 8 carrots, peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces cooked in boiling salted water
- 4 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters lengthwise
- 1 large red onion, sliced into rings
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
- Salt and pepper
- 3 cups beef stock
- 1 to 3 cups cold water
- Butterfly the steaks by slicing them horizontally from 1 long side to within 1/2-inch of the opposite side.
- Pound the steaks between plastic wrap to flatten them further.
- Trim off all the sinew and fat.
- Lay 1 steak cut side up on a jelly-roll pan.
- Sprinkle the steaks with the vinegar, garlic, and thyme.
- Cover and marinate, refrigerated, for 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Lay the steaks end to end, in the direction of the grain of the meat, so that they overlap.
- Pound the overlapping area to join them securely.
- Spread the spinach leaves evenly over the meat and arrange the carrots across the grain of the meat in parallel rows about 3 inches apart.
- Place the eggs between the carrots.
- Scatter the onion rings over the meat, sprinkle with parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Carefully roll the matambre with the grain, jelly roll style, into a thick long cylinder.
- Tie with butcher's twine at 1-inch intervals.
- Place the matambre in a large casserole or roasting pan along with the beef stock.
- Add enough cold water to come a third of the way up the roll.
- Cover tightly and bake 1 hour.
- Serve warm or chilled, sliced into 2-inch thick slices.
flank steaks, red wine vinegar, garlic, thyme, fresh spinach, carrots, eggs, red onion, fresh italian parsley, salt, beef stock, cold water
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/matambre-recipe.html (may not work)