Rouladen

There are several ways to make Rouladen. Pretty much, it is a thin beef steak rolled with mustard, pickles, onion and bacon on the inside and is slow baked for hours. 

1/4" thick beef filets (I go to the German Deli to get it)
German Mustard (middle sharp)
Sugar
Salt
Pepper
Onion
Baby dill pickles
Bacon

Sauce:
1/4 cup tomato paste
3 cups beef broth
Parsley

Add to sauce just prior to serving:
1/4 cup heavy cream
Flour (to thicken)


Tenderize the steak, then add salt, pepper, and sugar to it. Let it sit for a few minutes to soak in the spices. Slice the pickles lengthwise, cut the onions and lightly brown the bacon.

Smear the mustard on the entire length of the steak generously. Put the pickles, onions then, bacon onto the steak toward one end. Roll the steak up and fasten with string, or toothpick to keep closed.

Brown the steak in a pan which you used to cook the bacon, then put into a covered pot (or crockpot) with the sauce and cook on low heat for 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Remove the rouladen from the pot and finish the sauce with heavy cream and thicken with flour.

Serve 2 Rouladen per person.

Spätzle

This is Silke's recipe for Spätzle.

500 grams Mehl (5 cups Flour)

5-6 Eier (Eggs)

300-400 ml Mineralwasser (1-1/2 - 1-3/4 cup Mineral water)

Salz (Salt)

Pfeffer (Pepper)

Muskat (Nutmeg)

Mix until there are no lumps and it is relatively thick. 

Boil a pot of water.

Use the press or cut with a knife off cutting board into the water.

Boil for a couple of minutes then transfer to a bowl of cold water for a minute or so. Move to another container. Repeat the process.

Fry completed Spätzle with butter to warm then serve.

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Here is the recipe from the press I bought in Germany.

Serves 8

500 grams flour (about 5 cups)

6 eggs

A pinch of salt

Warm water

Mix ingredients together until dough is moist and spongy. 

Put dough into the grater's container

Place grater over pan of boiling water so it rests on the rim.

Grate the dough into water.

Spätzle will rise to the surface when cooked.

Drain and serve with melted butter.