Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup lard
  • 5 ounces bacon
  • 3 medium Spanish onions
  • 2 -3 tablespoons sweet Hungarian paprika
  • 6 -8 cubanelle peppers
  • 6 -8 plum tomatoes
  • 10 medium eggs
  • 3 lbs flank steaks or 3 lbs sirloin steaks
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 3 -4 cups beef stock
  • 1 lb sour cream
  • 2/3 cup dry red wine

Method

  • Dice bacon,chop onions,seed and dice tomatoes.
  • slice peppers,beat eggs.
  • Saute bacon in a little fat.
  • Add a third of the onions,saute until translucent.
  • Off heat stir 1 tbsp paprika,then add 2/3 of the peppers and tomatoes.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Saute until the liquid is gone.
  • Add eggs and cook, stirring, until firm.
  • Put in a sieve to drain.
  • Cut beef in wide slices, 1/2-in.
  • thick or less.
  • Beat until 1/4 in.
  • thick,carefully so as not to make holes.
  • Spread with the egg& pepper mixture,roll up, tuck in ends and tie up.
  • Dredge with flour.
  • sear the rolls in hot fat, remove.
  • Fry the rest of the onion in the fat,then add 2 tbsp paprika,the rest of peppers and tomatoes.
  • Return the meat rolls, add stock up to the half height and continue to simmer.
  • When the vegetables are softened, add the wine.
  • When the meat is nearly done,pour off some of the juice and stir into 2-3 tbsp flour blended into 1-1/2 cup of sour cream.
  • Returne and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
  • Strain the sauce.
  • Serve the meat in diagonal slices with the sauce and dollops of sour cream.
  • Serve with Butter Dumplings And Cucumber salad.