Beef Rolls Filled with Cheese, Capers, and Olives

Name: Beef Rolls Filled with Cheese, Capers, and Olives (Braciole Napoletane)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a main course or 6 as part of a multicourse Italian meal
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1½ pounds thinly sliced beef bottom round; Salt; 6 ounces fresh whole-milk mozzarella; 6 ounces fresh whole-milk mozzarella; ½ cup freshly grated medium-aged pecorino cheese; 12 Kalamata olives; 2 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs; 2 tablespoons capers; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Braciole Napoletane

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a main course

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

How to Cook Italian

By Giuliano Hazan

Published 2005

About

Braciole are a specialty of southern Italy from Naples to Sicily. They are thin slices of beef rolled with a variety of fillings. I had this version in Caserta, near Naples.

Ingredients

1½ pounds thinly sliced beef bottom round
Salt
6 ounces fresh whole-milk mozz

Europe
Italy
Main course
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat a charcoal or gas grill.
Pound the beef slices as described, until no more than ¼ inch thick. Cut the slices in half if necessary so that you end up with pieces 3 to 4 inches wide and 5 to 6 inches long. Lightly season with s