Anna Marias Rouladen Recipe - bacon

Method

• Prepare dumpling mix to package directions.
• See comments.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.
• Form several large balls, 2 to 3 inches thick, of dumpling mix.
• Add in to the boiling water then reduce heat and simmer 15 min.
• Place bacon in a skillet over medium heat and render fat by cooking bacon about 3 min.
• As edges just begin to crisp, remove bacon from the skillet and transfer to paper towels to drain.
• Season slices of sirloin with salt and pepper.
• Spread each slice of meat with a rounded spoonful of mustard.
• Top mustard with a generous scatter of minced parsley.
• Top seasoned and mustard-coated meat with a slice of bacon and a dill pickle spear each.
• Place the bacon and pickle off center closer to 1 edge of the meat than the other.
• Roll the steaks around the filling and secure with toothpicks or possibly kitchen twine.
• Heat a deep skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add in oil, 2 turns of the pan, then meat rolls.
• Cook meat 2 to 3 min, then give it a quarter turn.
• Cook meat a total of 10 to 12 min, then transfer to a plate.
• Add in butter to the meat pot and heat.
• Add in flour to the butter and whisk together, cooking 2 min.
• Add in chicken stock to the flour and butter and scrape up pan drippings.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in lowfat sour cream and remove from heat.
• Remove toothpicks or possibly twine from meat.
• Set meat roll and large dumpling on a dinner plate and cover with lowfat sour cream gravy.
• Quick Sauteed Red Cabbage (see recipe) makes a simple side dish.
• This recipe yields 4 servings.
• Comments: "I like a denser dumpling rather than a lighter one, so I use 1/2 the amount of water which the box calls for.
• I make smaller dumplings so they cook faster."
• "If desired a lighter dumpling, it needs to be the first thing you start because it takes a little longer to cook."
• Our dumplings took 10 min to cook.