Italian Meat - Beef Recipes - Beef Slices in Orange Sauce (Fette di Manzo in Salsa di Arancia) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 orange

• 45 g/3 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter

• 4 spring onions (scallions) chopped

• 2 celery sticks, chopped

• 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh oregano

• Freshly ground black pepper

• 25 g/1/2 cup breadcrumbs

• 60 ml/4 tbsp Marsala

• 50 g/1/2 cup pine nuts

• Salt

• 6 thin slices braising beef

• 6 thin slices prosciutto

• 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 litre/4 1/4 cups beef stock

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• Plain boiled rice, to serve

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Method:

1. Thinly pare the rind from half the orange and cut into thin strips. Grate the remainder. Squeeze the juice.

2. Heat 15g/1 tbsp butter and add the spring onions, celery, oregano and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, until the onions become pale yellow.

3. Place the breadcrumbs into a mixing bowl, and add the onion mixture and grated orange rind. Add 30 ml/2 tbsp of the Marsala, the pine nuts and salt to taste. Blend well.

4. Spoon equal amounts on to the beef slices, pressing it down with your fingers to help it adhere. Place a slice of prosciutto on top of each beef slice.

5. Roll up the meat, beginning with the narrower end, and secure each roll with a cocktail stick (toothpick) or tie with string.

6. Heat the remaining butter and the olive oil and brown the beef on all sides for 6-8 minutes. Pour off the fat.

7. Add the remaining Marsala, the stock and the orange juice. Season to taste.

8. Cover tightly, and simmer for 1 hour or longer, until the beef is tender. Remove the meat and boil the sauce rapidly to reduce slightly.

9. Discard the cocktail sticks or string from the meat and return to the sauce. Serve piping hot with plain boiled rice.