Rotolo di Manzo Farcito con Frittatine e Prosciutto Cotto

Beef Roll Stuffed with Cheese Frittata and Boiled Ham

Preparation info
  • For

    6

    Persons
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1986

  • About

One of the best-known inventions of Southern Italian cooking is the braciola or braciolone, a slice of beef rolled up with a variety of ingredients and often served with a dense tomato sauce. This is a refined variation on that classic theme. The stuffing is composed of cheese frittate—very thin, flat Italian omelets—parsley, bacon, and boiled ham. It is layered over the scaloppine-thin slice of beef, which is then rolled up and trussed firmly. The beef roll is c