Parmesan Beef Braciole

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb flank steak, pounded very thin
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 3 cups tomato sauce
• 1 1/2 cups ground breadcrumbs or 1 1/2 cups ground crackers
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon chopped thyme
• 1 teaspoon chopped oregano
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
• 1 teaspoon chopped basil
• salt & fresh ground pepper
• vegetable oil
• kitchen twine

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in food processor mix the bread or cracker crumbs, cheese, eggs, herbs and garlic until it forms a paste.
• 3 brush the pounded flank steak with vegetable oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 spread the paste evenly over the meat.
• 5 roll the pounded meat tightly and tie with kitchen twine.
• 6 sear all sides of the meat in a hot skillet or sauté pan.
• 7 pour tomato sauce or paste in 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
• 8 add seared meat to the tomato sauce or paste.
• 9 cover with a tinfoil tent (do not let tinfoil touch the meat).
• 10 braise for 1 hour (add 1 hour, if needed for more tenderness).
• 11 remove from heat, uncover, and allow to rest 10 minutes.
• 12 slice the hot braciole into 1 1/2 inch portions.
• 13 place parmesan crisp in each serving dish.
• 14 place a spoonful of tomato sauce on parmesan crisp, top with a braciole round and and more tomato sauce.