Brasciole with Fettuccini and Tomato Sauce

By jkelly117

Ingredients

• Rustic Tomato Sauce:
• 1/3 cup quality olive oil
• 1 onion, julienne
• 2 quarts peeled, chopped plum tomatoes
• Basil, preferably fresh
• Pepper
• Salt
• Brasciole:
• 6 ounces Italian sausage
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Fresh parsley, chopped
• Pepper
• 1 pound chuck or flank cut of beef
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Prep Time:
40 min
Inactive Prep Time:
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Cook Time:
2 hr 0 min

Level:
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Serves:
4 to 6 servings

Rustic Tomato Sauce:

Directions

Heat oil in a small stockpot on medium heat. Add onion and saute until brown. Remove the onion from oil and add tomatoes, basil and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil over medium heat for 10 minutes and then simmer over low heat until reduced. The oil should separate from tomatoes and float to the top (about 45 to 60 minutes). Add salt but only when the sauce is almost done.

Brasciole:

In a bowl, mix sausage, garlic, parsley, and pepper until well blended. Set aside. Cut beef into thin slices and flatten with mallet until very thin, and meat slice is about as big as your hand. Place a tablespoon of sausage mixture in the middle and roll up the beef. Secure with a toothpick. Heat pan with olive oil and saute brasciole until well browned. Transfer to tomato sauce and reduce to a simmer. Continue to cook tomato sauce with brasciole until sauce is done, when oil separates from the tomato sauce and floats to the top.