Bracciole (Flank Steak Rolls)

Authentic Italian recipe: flank steak rolls with garlic, parsley, and Parmesan cheese. Serve with egg noodles or as an addition to spaghetti or ravioli.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Calories: 318 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch white sugar
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, or more if needed
• 2 pounds flank steak, pounded until thin
• 5 toothpicks, or as needed
• 1 tomato, chopped, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion in the hot oil until tender, about 10 minutes. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper.

Step 2

Mix parsley, garlic, Parmesan cheese, egg, 1 pinch salt, and 1 pinch pepper in a bowl; drizzle in about 1 tablespoon olive oil, while continually stirring, until a sticky consistency is reached.

Step 3

Spread parsley filling in a thin layer atop flank steak; roll steak in a jelly-roll style and fasten ending piece to steak with toothpicks to contain filling.

Step 4

Pour remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil into skillet with onions over medium heat; cook steak roll in the onion mixture, turning steak until browned on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Add tomato sauce, sugar, and chopped tomato to the steak mixture; simmer over very low heat until steak is cooked through and sauce has slightly reduced, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.