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Bragioli

Name: Bragioli
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Malta
Ingredients: 8 (thighs) Thinly Sliced Beef; 150g Ground Pork; 2 Hard-boiled eggs; 4 Bacon; 3 tbsp Breadcrumbs; A pinch Parsley; 1 Onion; 1 can Canned tomatoes; 100ml Red wine; 2 tbsp Olive oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 8 Bamboo skewers

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Thin beef rolled around minced meat, egg, and bacon and braised in tomato sauce — Malta's 'beef olives.'

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bragioli, also called 'beef olives' in English, are a Maltese home dish: thinly pounded beef is wrapped around minced meat, breadcrumbs, boiled egg, bacon, and parsley and braised in a red wine and tomato sauce. They resemble Italian braciole but have a distinctly Maltese filling.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in Malta, beef rolls braised in tomato sauce are laid on plates, revealing boiled egg inside when cut.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Thinly Sliced Beef 8 (thighs)
Ground Pork 150g
Hard-boiled eggs 2
Bacon 4
Breadcrumbs 3 tbsp
Parsley A pinch
Onion 1
Canned tomatoes 1 can
Red wine 100ml
Olive oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Bamboo skewers 8

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the ground meat, breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, salt, and pepper.
Pound the beef flat, top with bacon, the meat mixture, and a wedge of boiled egg, roll up, and secure with toothpicks.
Heat olive oil in a pot and brown the rolls.
Sauté the chopped onion, add the red wine and canned tomatoes, return the rolls, cover, and simmer on low for 1 hour.
Remove the toothpicks and serve with the sauce.

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