I have a question for the group? Has anyone read "The Book Thief" yet? Lee just picked it up for her bookclub and so far thinks it is really good. It sounded familiar -- have we talked about this one before?
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Beef Roulade
Beef Rolls:
2 lbs beef flank steak sliced very thin. (Ask your butcher to do this. Should result in 6 rectangular slices cut ¼ inch thick and approx. 12” x 8”). If you can’t get them sliced thin enough, place each slice between plastic wrap and use a meat pounder to flatten.
1 large green pepper, sliced into long strips about ¼” wide
1 12oz jar mild banana pepper rings
6 pieces mozzarella string cheese
6 slices prosciutto
3 green onions, sliced in half through the onion part and then in half lengthwise
Salt & pepper
Take each slice of beef and assemble as follows: Lay beef rectangle flat the long way. Lightly sprinkle top side with salt & pepper. Place 1 slice prosciutto the same direction as the beef. Then on the end closest to you, place about 4 strips of green pepper, 1 piece mozzarella string cheese, 3-4 pieces green onion, and about 6 rings of mild banana pepper. Tucking ingredients in as you go, roll the beef up until fully rolled. If beef is thin enough you shouldn’t need to secure it but you can use a toothpick to secure if needed. Lightly salt & pepper the outside. Next sear each meat roll by heating a skillet on high and then put a light drizzle of olive oil in the pan right before you put the meat in to sear. Leave meat rolls on high heat on one side for just long enough for them to sear. Turn them over and sear the other side and then remove from heat. Place side by side in a casserole pan.
Sauce: Depending on what texture you desire, you can coarsely chop by hand, use a food processor to finely chop, or cook ingredients first and then use a blender to puree. For the book club I used a food processor with raw ingredients.
1 large onion
1 green pepper
6 stalks celery
1 cup carrots
1 12 oz can chopped tomatoes (including the juice)
1 can Campbell’s Golden Mushroom Soup (another version uses 1 8oz can tomato sauce)
Olive oil
Salt & pepper
In a large pot, saute vegetables in olive oil until tender. Because there are a lot it will take a while (plan on 30 minutes). Add salt & pepper. Once tender, add the canned tomatoes along with juice and also Golden Mushroom Soup. Mix together and heat until bubbly.
Pour sauce over beef rolls to cover the meat and bake uncovered in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes to melt the cheese inside the beef.
Serves 6
Source: Marie Hilliard
4 comments:
Hi Jarby,
I haven't read Thief yet but it seems someone else mentioned it to me as well. Maybe that should be the next selection after Amy's gig?
Jarby,
Haven't read it. I looked it up on Amazon and found this description,
"Zusak has created a work that deserves the attention of sophisticated teen and adult readers. Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book–although she has not yet learned how to read–and her foster father uses it, The Gravediggers Handbook, to lull her to sleep when shes roused by regular nightmares about her younger brothers death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayors reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward. Death is not a sentimental storyteller, but he does attend to an array of satisfying details, giving Liesels story all the nuances of chance, folly, and fulfilled expectation that it deserves. An extraordinary narrative."
Sounds like an extraordinary book. It will go on my "wish list".
Katie
Jarby & all,
I just finished "The Book Thief" and I must say it's an extraordinary read. My father in law has asked to borrow it and I must say I am going to insist he return it to me. It's one of those "keepers". I do hope we visit the thought of reading this book for Book Club. It would make for some astonishing conversation, I think.
Katie
Jarby,
I took your recommendation and read "The Book Thief". Did you read it?
I am now working on your other recommendation (yes, I confess, I am reading ALOT these days!) "The Lost Painting" about Caravaggio. Did you read this one?
These are both very good selections, I am enjoying The Lost Painting very much, also googling Caravaggio and images of his paintings. Fascinating!
Thanks for leading me in this direction!
Katie
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