🇵🇱 Polish Cuisine

Zrazy Zawijane

Stuffed Beef Rolls

Prep Time 1.5 hours
Servings 4
Difficulty Medium
Calories 434 kcal

Thin slices of beef rolled around a savory filling of pickled cucumber, onion, and mustard, braised until fork-tender in a rich gravy.

Ingredients

  • 8 thin beef round steaks (about 100g each)
  • 4 dill pickles, cut into strips
  • 2 large onions, sliced
  • 4 tbsp mustard
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 500ml beef broth
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • Salt, pepper, marjoram, allspice

Instructions

  1. 1 Pound beef slices thin. Spread each with mustard, top with pickle strips and a few onion slices.
  2. 2 Roll up tightly and secure with toothpicks or twine.
  3. 3 Brown rolls in oil and butter in a Dutch oven on all sides.
  4. 4 Add remaining onions, broth, and spices. Cover and braise on low heat for 1.5 hours until very tender.
  5. 5 Remove rolls. Thicken the gravy with flour mixed with a little cold water, simmer 5 min.
  6. 6 Serve beef rolls with gravy, alongside buckwheat groats or mashed potatoes.

Did You Know?

Zrazy were historically a nobleman's dish, served at royal banquets in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/polish/zrazy-zawijane/