Italian Beef Braciole Recipe (Involtini) // Stuffed Sirloin Steak Roulades



I’ve always said that braising is my favorite cooking method and this beef braciole recipe just proves that to be true! It’s delicious …

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  1. Hi Billy, my shortcut for the meat is to pick out a top round roast that is one muscle and have the butcher slice and cube it. Saves you the slicing and pounding. If you buy a big roast and have that done, you can also use some for chicken fried steak, rouladen or milanese.

  2. Our stuffing recipe is dead on the same as our Famiglia! It is soo delicious. I’ve been making pork and beef bracoile for 60 years. I was my Nonnas’ sous chef since I was 5. We made 12-15 hour sauce and we browned neck bones, both beef and pork along w the braciole, both beef and pork. We also braised giant meatballs. They all were cooked at intervals and were removed when they were fork tender. The sauce was then strained to remove any bones, brought back up to a simmer and added all the meats. Pasta, homemade of course, wasn’t put on to cook until all the family arrived (lots of them). Nonna called this Sunday Gravy although idk why. I know we were all stuffed after, soup, salad, another appetizer or 2, then the serious meats everyone was waiting for. I have to say that the giant pot got really low after they ate and made their to go bowls. lol My Nonna said she’d made this for many years so not to fret. The next day she sliced any meatballs and braciole left and we’d use the sauce to make a beautiful lasagna. Mio Nonna (my grandfather) always said that THAT Sunday dinner would almost feed all the rest of the week, and it did. My mothers Portuguese family did the same. We call it peasant cooking. They were poor so cheap cuts of meat were cooked low and slow w tons of beautiful, fresh spices and herbs. If you need any Portuguese recipes let me know chef. I have some doozies from generations ago. I love your recipes and videos!!!

  3. Billy, we share the same last name, Parisi. Every Sunday at home in Pglia my mother made Ragu’. Brasciol it’s the original name in slang Pugliese. Involtino is the Italian language version. In the North spelled Braciola is totally different and is made with pork. The original version of Brasciol is somewhat different. The main difference is the sauté process taking about two hours. This process tenderizes the beef before adding la passata di pomodoro to the beef and finish the dish within one hour. Memories of my childhood in Puglia Italy. BTW. I love your cooking shows!

  4. Northern Italian here – our family version had some finely julliened carrots, fresh spinach, and provolone as part of the stuffing – much less garlic. Much longer braise too 3-4 hrs.until fork tender. Dang good 😂

  5. First recipe I tried from Billy. The dude was spot on about how simple and great tasting this dish is. Love the quick prep and how the braise does all the work. Was nervous about the light seasoning for the sauce so added some Italian dried seasoning. Turned out great and might not have needed it- the meat flavored the sauce beautifully. Thanks Billy!

  6. I have ate this most of my life with pine nuts and raisins. As I have gotten older don’t have a taste for raisins anymore. Feel the dish still needs the sweet though more recently traded the raisins for sweet peppers works well for a replacement IMO

  7. Such a ignorant you are. Braciolette pugliesi, check that seppo. Was an extremely easy task. Bragiolette/braciole you find video and tons of links. Please don't spread false information about italy. Stick to frigging US.

    In addition you missed the important part of stuffing them with some kind of fat (pancetta for instance). You didn't nail the folding techinque, it needs additional lateral folds. And it's pecorino no parmigiano but this is not even the most important problem

  8. I just made this as your ingredients and instructions. I did use my paste tomatoes from the garden. Thanks this is a perfect recipe and I served with polenta. My husband loves it. He said out of sight!! Thank you Billy Parisi!!

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