Valigini Meat Rolls

Cut the beef into thin slices. The other ingredients should be chopped to make a mixture to be spread over the slices which then, rolled up tight and tied with kitchen string, are put to cook in a casserole in butter and a little stock, for about 30 minutes. A variant of this recipe uses savoy cabbage. This makes a simple, country-style, but very tasty dish, using savoy cabbage leaves in place of the slices of veal. Yet another variant, known as “uccellini scappati – escaped nestlings”, is made with pork fillet and pancetta and the roll fixed with a tooth-pick.