german beef rouladen

German Beef Rouladen is a beef eye of round steak pounded thin, stuffed, and rolled with bacon, carrots, celery, and dill pickles!

TRADITIONAL GERMAN BEEF ROULADEN

beef eye of round steaks (pounded to 1/4" thickness)

salt (divided)

black pepper (divided)

garlic powder

bacon

carrots (diced small (set aside ½ cup for the sauce))

celery (diced small (set aside ¼ cup for the sauce))

onion

dill pickles

dill weed

cooking twine

tomato paste

beef broth (I used low-sodium)

Merlot wine

cornstarch

water

dill

Place each round steak between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and use a meat mallet to pound the round steaks to ¼&quot; thickness.

Season the steaks with 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, and garlic powder. Set aside while preparing the filling.

In a large oven-proof skillet over medium/high heat, cook the bacon until almost crisp.

Drain off some of the fat, reduce the heat to medium, and then add the carrots, celery, and onion to the pan and cook until the vegetables are almost tender (about 5 minutes).

Stir in the pickles, dill weed. and season with the remaining ½ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.

Remove the filling to a bowl and allow it to cool slightly. Set the skillet aside for later.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Heat the skillet to medium/high and brown the beef rolls well on all sides.

Remove the browned beef rolls to a plate while you make the sauce.

Reduce the skillet heat to low, and stir in the Merlot wine to deglaze the pan by scraping up all the browned bits that have stuck to the bottom.

Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes.

Carefully pour in the beef broth and any remaining carrot, onion, and bacon filling you may have leftover, along with the reserved ½ cup of diced carrots, and ¼ cup of diced celery.

Nestle the browned beef rouladen back into the pan. Cover the oven-proof skillet and cook in a preheated oven for 2 hours.

Once fully cooked, remove the beef rouladen to a plate and cover to keep warm.

Stir the cornstarch into 1 cup of water (making a slurry) and pour into the sauce in the skillet.

Cook the sauce over medium heat until it thickens.

Serve the beef rouladen over noodles or spaetzle and spoon the thickened sauce over top.

Garnish with additional dill if desired.

Rouladen is a classic German dish. Made from thinly cut and pounded beef filled with onion, pickles, bacon, and mustard, this filling meat dish includes a thick gravy that serves well with bread or potato dumplings, spaetzle, or potatoes.

Rouladen

beef

Dijon mustard

baby dill pickles

salt

pepper

toothpicks

carrot

leek

celery

red wine

sugar

beef broth

salt and pepper

Peel the onion, then chop it into small cubes. Also, cut the baby dill pickles into small cubes.

Peel the carrot and cut it into slices. Wash the celery and leek (make sure to wash it well - leek can be quite dirty), then cut those into slices/rings as well. Set the vegetables aside for now.

Wash the meat and trim the excess fat (if applicable). Place one piece of meat between two pieces of cling film, then pound it thin using the smooth side of a meat hammer.

Remove the cling film. Salt and pepper on both sides of the meat, then evenly spread one of the sides with mustard (approximately 1 tablespoon per roulade). Add one slice of bacon as well as some of the cut-up onion and pickles. Be sure to place the onion and pickles in the middle of the beef with room at the edges - you'll need this space for rolling/tucking the beef.

Now roll up the piece of meat and try tucking in the edges. Secure the roll of meat either with toothpicks (we like using a whole toothpick in the middle and a half toothpick for each end) or cooking twine (you can tie the beef roll as you would ribbon in four directions on a present). Set the roulade aside on a plate and repeat the steps with the other pieces of meat.

Preheat your oven to 310 degrees Fahrenheit.

Once you have rolled all the pieces of meat, heat oil in a pan/pot with high sides. Alternatively, you can also use a Dutch oven or similar that you can put in the oven. Add the rouladen and sear the meat on high heat on all sides (so make sure to rotate them!). Once all the sides are browned, remove the meat from the pan.

Turn down the heat to medium and add the vegetables to the pan. Sauté them for around 5 minutes, then add the tomato paste and the sugar. Give everything a stir.

Now add 1/2 cup of red wine to the pot and wait until it reduces. Then add the other 1/2 cup and wait for it to reduce and thicken again.

Add the beef broth to the pan/pot and bring everything to a simmer. Then pour the contents of the pan into a roasting pan for the oven or leave them in the pan/pot if it is oven safe.

Place the meat on top of the evenly spread out sauce and vegetables and put the roasting pan with the lid off into the oven. After 30 minutes, take the pan out of the oven, flip the rouladen and place them back in the oven. Bake them for another 30 minutes, flip them again, and put the lid on at the 1-hour mark. This way, they get a nice dark color. If you don't want them to be that dark, place them into the oven with the lid on from the beginning - but still flip them every 30 minutes.

Test if the meat is tender after 90 minutes. If it is, remove the pan from the oven. If not, put it back in to continue cooking the beef.

Once the meat is tender, remove the rouladen from the roasting pan and set them aside.

Pour the sauce through a sifter to capture the cooked vegetables.

To thicken the sauce, you have two options. Either blend approximately 1/2 of the cooked vegetables with some of the liquid from the sauce drippings. Then add it back to the strained liquid and bring this mixture to a simmer on the stove in a pot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Alternatively - if you don't want to use any vegetables to thicken the sauce - thicken the sauce with approximately 1-2 tablespoons of cornstarch dissolved in a little bit of cold water and discard the cooked vegetables or eat them on the side.

Serve the meat and gravy with potato dumplings, bread dumplings, spaetzle noodles, or potatoes. German red cabbage and a green side salad are also popular additions.

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