Anna Maria's Rouladen Recipe

• 1 pkt dumpling mix (Panni brand recommended, available on International Foods aisle)
• 4 slc bacon
• 4 x thin slices beef sirloin - (just over 1 lb (ask butcher to cut the meat 1/4" thk) Salt to taste Freshly-grnd black pepper to taste
• 4 x rounded tsp. prepared Dijon style mustard
• 4 Tbsp. minced flat-leaf parsley
• 4 x dill pickle spears Toothpicks or possibly kitchen twine as needed
• 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin extra virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. butter cut into pcs
• 2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 2 c. good quality chicken stock
• 1/4 c. lowfat sour cream

1. Prepare dumpling mix to package directions.
2. See comments.
3. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
4. Form several large balls, 2 to 3 inches thick, of dumpling mix.
5. Add in to the boiling water then reduce heat and simmer 15 min.
6. Place bacon in a skillet over medium heat and render fat by cooking bacon about 3 min.
7. As edges just begin to crisp, remove bacon from the skillet and transfer to paper towels to drain.
8. Season slices of sirloin with salt and pepper.
9. Spread each slice of meat with a rounded spoonful of mustard.
10. Top mustard with a generous scatter of minced parsley.
11. Top seasoned and mustard-coated meat with a slice of bacon and a dill pickle spear each.
12. Place the bacon and pickle off center closer to 1 edge of the meat than the other.
13. Roll the steaks around the filling and secure with toothpicks or possibly kitchen twine.
14. Heat a deep skillet over medium-high heat.
15. Add in oil, 2 turns of the pan, then meat rolls.
16. Cook meat 2 to 3 min, then give it a quarter turn.
17. Cook meat a total of 10 to 12 min, then transfer to a plate.
18. Add in butter to the meat pot and heat.
19. Add in flour to the butter and whisk together, cooking 2 min.
20. Add in chicken stock to the flour and butter and scrape up pan drippings.
21. Season with salt and pepper.
22. Stir in lowfat sour cream and remove from heat.
23. Remove toothpicks or possibly twine from meat.
24. Set meat roll and large dumpling on a dinner plate and cover with lowfat sour cream gravy.
25. Quick Sauteed Red Cabbage (see recipe) makes a simple side dish.
26. This recipe yields 4 servings.
27. Comments: "I like a denser dumpling rather than a lighter one, so I use 1/2 the amount of water which the box calls for.
28. I make smaller dumplings so they cook faster."
29. "If desired a lighter dumpling, it needs to be the first thing you start because it takes a little longer to cook."
30. Our dumplings took 10 min to cook.

bacon, thin slices beef sirloin , rounded tsp, flatleaf parsley, dill pickle, extravirgin extra virgin olive oil, butter, flour, chicken stock, sour cream

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/anna-maria-s-rouladen-65649 (may not work)