You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Braciole a try. One serving contains 1149 calories, 86g of protein, and 67g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 69% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of day old bread, onion, cremini mushrooms, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 6 hours and 35 minutes.
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Coat a large saute pan with olive oil, add the pancetta and bring the pan to a medium heat. Cook the pancetta until it gets brown and crispy, about 5 to 7 minutes.
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Olive Oil
Pancetta
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Frying Pan
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Add the onions and crushed red pepper and toss to incorporate with the pancetta. Season with salt, to taste. Cook the onions until they are soft and very aromatic, about 7 to 8 minutes.
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Red Pepper Flakes
Pancetta
Onion
Salt
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While the onions are cooking, in a large bowl, combine the bread and the milk. Toss to combine and let sit until the bread has absorbed the milk and is very soft. Use your hands to get in there and really squish everything together. Reserve.
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Onion
Bread
Milk
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Bowl
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Add the garlic to the pan with the pancetta and onion and saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
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Pancetta
Garlic
Onion
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Frying Pan
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Add the mushrooms, season with salt, to taste, and saute until the mushrooms are soft and have let off their moisture, about 4 to 5 minutes.
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Mushrooms
Salt
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Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the spinach.
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Spinach
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Add the onion/mushroom mixture to the reserved bread and stir to combine.
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Mushrooms
Bread
Onion
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Add the pine nuts, provolone and Parmigiano-Reggiano, and stir to combine. Taste to make sure that the mixture is delicious and season with salt, to taste, if needed. Set aside.
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Parmigiano Reggiano
Pine Nuts
Provolone
Salt
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Lay the beef slices between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and gently pound with a meat mallet to flatten and even out the slices. Put about 1/4 cup of filling on 1 end of each of the pounded beef slices and roll up. Secure the rolls with toothpicks. Repeat this process with the remaining beef and filling.
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Roll
Beef
Meat
Wrap
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Plastic Wrap
Meat Tenderizer
Toothpicks
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Coat a large, wide pot with olive oil and put over medium-high heat. Season the beef rolls with salt, to taste, and brown them on all sides. When the beef rolls are brown on all sides, remove them from the pan and reserve. Make the sauce in the same pot.
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Olive Oil
Roll
Sauce
Beef
Salt
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Frying Pan
Pot
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Remove the oil from the pot that the beef was just browned in.
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Beef
Cooking Oil
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Pot
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Add a light coating of fresh olive oil and add the onions and crushed red pepper. Season with salt, to taste, and put the pot over medium heat. Sweat the onions until they are translucent and very aromatic, about 7 to 8 minutes.
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Red Pepper Flakes
Olive Oil
Onion
Salt
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Pot
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Add the garlic and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and red wine, and cook for 6 to 8 minutes.
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Tomato Paste
Red Wine
Garlic
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Add the tomatoes, and 2 cups of water and season with salt, to taste. Return the beef rolls to the pan and snuggle them into the sauce. Bring the sauce to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until the beef is very tender and flavorful, about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
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Tomato
Roll
Sauce
Water
Beef
Salt
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Frying Pan
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Remove the toothpicks before serving. To serve, arrange 2 or 3 braciole on each serving plate. Halve 1 or 2 rolls to expose the stuffing. Spoon on some of the sauce and garnish with Parmigiano-Reggiano and chopped parsley.