Chef Johns Beef Braciole Recipes

PAMMIE'S BRACIOLE

Steps:

• Gently pound the steak to 1/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle the inside of the meat with salt and pepper. In a bowl, combine the eggs, breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley and garlic. Place the mixture down the middle of the meat. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over the meat. Roll the meat with the grain and tie with butcher's twine in three places to secure the roll. Sprinkle the outside of the roll generously with salt and pepper. Heat a Dutch oven over high heat, add the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil and sear the beef on all sides until golden brown. Remove the meat from the pan and set aside.
• In the same pan, turn down the heat to medium. Add the tomato paste and cook 3 more minutes. Then deglaze the pan with the wine, scraping all the fond from the bottom. Add Jeff Mauro's Marinara Sauce. Bring to a simmer, and then add the meat back to the pan. Simmer over low heat until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.
• Remove the meat from the pot and season the sauce again with salt and pepper, if necessary. Cut the twine from the meat and slice against the grain into 1/4- to 1/2-inch slices. Serve with extra sauce and a bowl of hot giardiniera.
• Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the oil, the onions, garlic, Italian seasoning and red pepper. Sweat until the onions are translucent, about 10 minutes, stirring to avoid burning. Add the crushed tomatoes. Once the sauce begins to bubble turn down the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes. Take off the heat and set aside for later use.

CHEF JOHN'S BEEF BRACIOLE

Steps:

• Place steaks between 2 pieces of heavy plastic; pound meat about 1/4-inch thick using a meat pounder. If a piece of meat breaks off, use it to patch a thinner area.
• Place bread crumbs into a mixing bowl and stir in garlic, 2 tablespoons olive oil, raisins, Parmesan cheese, salt, black pepper, oregano, and egg until thoroughly combined.
• Season steak with salt and pepper; place half the bread crumb stuffing onto the bottom 2/3 of a steak, leaving the top third of the steak without stuffing. Lightly press the stuffing onto the meat and roll the steak up into a tight roll, starting from the stuffed end. Tie 3 to 4 pieces of kitchen string around the roll to hold it together. Trim ends of string. Repeat with remaining steak and stuffing.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-fry the steak rolls in the hot oil until well browned on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Pour in water and dissolve pan juices and browned bits of food in the water.
• Season steak rolls with salt and pepper; add red pepper flakes and bay leaf to the water. Spread tomato sauce onto rolls. Pan liquid should cover the rolls about halfway up.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes; turn rolls over and cook covered about 10 more minutes. An instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the center of the stuffing should read at least 145 degrees F (65 degrees C). Remove from pan, transfer to a platter, and let them rest for 10 minutes.
• Raise heat to medium, bring sauce to a boil, and cook, stirring often, until sauce has reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Slice the rolls crosswise. Serve arranged on a little sauce and drizzle more sauce on top.

BEEF BRACIOLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Pound out the steaks with a meat hammer until they are approximately 1/4-inch thick. Sprinkle each steak with the minced garlic, fresh parsley and Parmigiano-Reggiano, then some salt and pepper. Roll up each steak and secure with toothpicks. Sprinkle the steaks again with pepper. Place steaks in a casserole pan or roasting pan and cover with the vegetable oil. Bake, rotating occasionally to ensure browning on all sides, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cover steaks with tomato sauce and cover pan with aluminum foil. Place steaks back in the oven and reduce heat to 325 degrees F. Cook until fork tender, about 3 hours. Serve with your favorite pasta.

BEEF BRACIOLE

Steps:

• In a 5- or 6-qt. oval slow cooker, combine pasta sauce and pepper flakes. Pound steak with a meat mallet to 1/2-in. thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper., In a small bowl, combine eggs and bread crumbs. Spoon over beef to within 1 in. of edges; press onto meat. Layer with prosciutto and cheese. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; tie at 2-in. intervals with kitchen string., In a Dutch oven, brown meat in oil on all sides. Transfer to slow cooker; spoon sauce over meat. Cover and cook on low until beef is tender, 6-8 hours., Remove meat from sauce and discard string. Cut into slices; serve with sauce.