Ontario Beef Rouladen

• 5 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 small onions, minced, divided
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 1/2 pound lean ground beef
• 1 cup fine bread crumbs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 16 thin slices beef top round
• 4 large dill pickles, quartered lengthwise
• 2/3 cup chopped celery
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 cups water
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1/3 cup sherry
• 4 packets beef bouillon granules
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, or as needed
• 1/3 cup cold water, or as needed

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Heat 1 tablespoon butter over medium heat in a large frying pan; stir in 1 onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
3. Set aside to cool slightly.
4. Stir pork, ground beef, bread crumbs, salt, and pepper together in a bowl; stir in onion.
5. Pour beaten eggs over meat mixture; mix with your hands until well combined.
6. Spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of meat mixture onto each beef slice; top each with one pickle quarter.
7. Roll beef slices around filling; secure each roll with a toothpick.
8. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in the same frying pan; place rolls into pan and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes.
9. Remove rolls; place in a single layer in a roasting pan.
10. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the same frying pan over medium heat; cook and stir remaining onion, celery, carrots, and garlic until vegetables are soft, about 10 minutes.
11. Stir in 3 cups water, tomato paste, sherry, bouillon granules, and bay leaf; bring to a boil.
12. Pour sauce over rolls in roasting pan.
13. Bake in the preheated oven until tender, about 3 hours; remove from oven to turn rolls over halfway through the cooking time.
14. Remove rolls to a heated platter.
15. Place roasting pan with sauce on the stove; bring to a boil.
16. Whisk cornstarch and 1/3 cup water together in a cup; slowly whisk cornstarch mixture into sauce until thickened, about 5 minutes.
17. Drizzle some sauce over the rouladen; serve the remaining sauce in a gravy boat.

butter, onions, ground pork, ground beef, bread crumbs, salt, ground black pepper, eggs, beef, dill pickles, celery, carrot, garlic, water, tomato paste, sherry, packets beef bouillon granules, bay leaf, cornstarch, cold water

Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/ontario-beef-rouladen/ (may not work)