beef olives (bragioli)
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Bragioli is often called beef olives although the dish has no olives in it all. The olive refers to the beef slice but sometimes people use it as a name for the whole dish. Bragioli is the most famous example of Maltese cuisine and is the national dish.
yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr 45 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For beef olives (bragioli)
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2 1/4 lbtopside of beef, cut into 12 thin slices
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2onions
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1carrot
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5 slicecrustless white bread, stale
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3hard boiled eggs, sliced
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6 slicebacon
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bunch parsley, chopped
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2 clovegarlic
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2bay leaves
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salt and freshly ground black pepper
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1/2glass red wine, for braising (up to 1 glass wine)
How To Make beef olives (bragioli)
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1Preheat oven to 350F.
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2Beat each slice of meat flat with a kitchen mallet or fleischklobber and spread them out on your work surface.
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3Grind the bread to crumbs.
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4Prepare a stuffing by mixing the crumbs with the chopped bacon, garlic, parsley and seasoning. (Not the bay leaves; those come in later.)
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5Heap a tablespoon or two of the stuffing onto each beef slice, and top with a slice or segment of hard boiled egg.
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6Roll the meat slices lengthwise over the stuffing, and tie up with thread, or fasten together with wooden toothpicks.
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7Pour some oil or melt some lard in a large pan, and brown the beef olives all over in this, together with the bay leaves.
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8Transfer the browned bragoli to a large casserole dish.
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9In the same oil or fat, dry the sliced onion and carrot. Pour the wine over the frying onions, let it bubble, and then pour this sauce over the bragioli in the casserole.
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10Stew very gently for 1 1/2 hours. (You may have to add a little more wine, stock or water to top up the braising liquid, but don't add too much: otherwise the bragioli will not braise correctly.
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11When the bragioli are ready, remove the thread or toothpicks and serve with peas and mashed potatoes, spooning the sauce over.
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