Sneha's Recipe: Eggs

I saw this recipe Bragoli recipe on tv, it's a Maltese recipe, very flavorful and taste delicious. It's the red wine in the gravy that gives an awesome taste to it.

When I, surfed the net seen so many different variations, so you can alter your bragoli according to your taste. I made this as seen on tv and altered it as per my taste.

Ingredients

2 Eggs - hard boiled and diced
6 Bacon Rashers
4 - 5 Beef Tenderloin Steak - flattened with a meat tenderizer
2 Big Cloves Garlic - minced
1 Tablespoon Chopped Flat Parsley
2 Tablespoons breadcrumbs
Salt to taste

Red Pepper flakes to taste
Olive oil for frying
Toothpicks

For the Gravy
2 Bay leaves
2 Medium Onions - finely chopped

1 Green Chilly - finely chopped

5 Medium Tomatoes - blanched, skinned & finely chopped

2 Carrots - diced
1 Stick Celery - chopped
1½ Cup Red wine

1 Cup Green Peas - used frozen

Method
Hard boil the eggs and set aside. Once cooled chop them and the bacon.

In a bowl mix the eggs, bacon, garlic, parsley, red chilly flakes, salt to taste and breadcrumbs.

Flatten the steak with a meat tenderizer.

Place a tablespoon of the filling on one end of the steak.

Wrap your meat around the mixture by rolling the meat to make a wrap.

Fasten with toothpicks.

In a deep pan / kadai heat oil and add the bay leaves.

Over a medium heat lightly brown your bragoli and set aside.
In the same pan, add the onions, garlic and green chillies fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Add the carrots, celery and tomatoes and a cup of water cook for 5 minutes on low flame . Add the wine and place the browned bragoli on top and bring it to a boil. Simmer on medium low flame for an hour, keep stirring in between.

After an hour or so, if you find that the bragoli are nearly cooked, add the peas and cook till the peas and bragoli are full done.

After an hour and a half the bragoli is cooked.

Remove the toothpicks and bay leaves before serving.

Serve with mashed potatoes and steamed french beans, or asparagus. I had this with steamed rice.

Sending this Improv Cooking Challenge, hosted by Nichole Little, theme for month is " Bacon & Onions".

Labels : Beef, Steaks, Tenderlion,Bacon, Eggs, Red Wine, Carrots, Green Peas, Improv Cooking Challenge, Malta, International Cuisine

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To day is our posting for Chocolate Bundt Cakes an Event for Bundt Bakers, hosted by Sue Lau. Thanking you Sue for hosting this month's event.

Makes 8 bundts

Ingredients
150 Grams All Purpose Flour
150 Grams Butter
150 Grams Caster Sugar
3 Eggs
1/2 Teaspoon Baking powder
A pinch of salt
1/2 Teaspoon Mixed Fruit Essence
200 Grams Mixed Fruits
1 Tablespoon All Purpose Flour
1 Tablespoon Alcohol
1/4 Teaspoons Cake spice
100 Grams Semi Sweet Chocolate - melted
1 Tablespoon Coconut Milk - Can use normal Milk

Method

These fruits are soaked in alcohol for year, whatever alcohol - can use what alcohol you wish. I soak 800 grams of mix fruits ( cranberries, cherries, mixed peels, black raisins, sultanas and prunes) in alcohol mix of rum, whisky, beer , vodka , bourbon. If you can't soak for a year then it should kept in alcohol for at least a month.

Before using this fruit mix, drain all the alcohol and then add 100 grams each of cashew and almonds chopped. Mix it well. Took 200 grams from this mix.

Grease the bundts molds well. Keep aside

Mix the drained fruits with a tablespoon of flour and mix well keep aside.

Sieve the flour, salt, cake spice and baking powder well . Keep aside. In a bowl break the eggs and keep aside.

Cream the butter till light and fluffy then add the caster sugar in batches and continue beating till the batter turns creamy, add an egg at a time and continue beating till all the eggs are incorporated. Now add the essence, melted chocolate and coconut milk continue beating. Add the sieved flour again in batches and on low speed continue beating. When all the flour is incorporated, add the alcohol, fruits and fold in with a spatula gently till the fruits are well mixed into the batter.

Pour this into the prepared bundt molds, bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or till a skewer comes our clean.

When the cake is out of the oven immediately take a tablespoon of the drained alcohol pour it over every bundt. Let them cool completely and then un-mold. Sprinkle them with icing sugar.

Enjoy these yummy bundts.