Meatloaf has a special place in culinary art.
Its fillings are diverse, but meat and prunes are a particularly useful and tasty combination of products.
Rolls containing dried fruit, fragrant, juicy, delicate in taste.
Prune Rolls - General Cooking Principles
Particular attention should be paid to the choice of meat. Of course, it must be fresh. For chicken rolls choose brisket. For meat - depending on how much calorie ready meals can afford.
Meat is released from the films, fat, washed, dried with a napkin and beats off.
Cook in the oven using foil, baking sleeve or baking paper.
Used dishes from heat-resistant glass, baking sheet.
The process of making small rolls begins in the pan, and ends in the oven.
To secure the raw roll, you will need a cooking thread, skewers and toothpicks. They are cleaned when the dish is ready.
Prunes should be well washed, remove the bones. If it is dry, then soften in hot water or in a water bath.
Depending on the recipe, dried fruits are cut or passed through a meat grinder.
Recipe 1. Rolls with prunes (chicken and meat) in a festive
The dish is perfect for a festive lunch or dinner. In the process of cooking the meat is soaked with plum aroma, it becomes sweetish in taste. Ready roll in the cut form is beautiful and appetizing.
Ingredients:
Chicken fillet or pork belly (skin not to be trimmed) - 0,900 kg.
Prunes - 50 g.
Dried apricots -50
Walnuts - 50 g.
Paprika.
Salt.
Cooking Method:
Dried fruits are washed, dried with a paper towel.
Dried apricots and prunes finely chopped.
Nuts grind in a mortar or rolling pin.
On the skin of pork meat we make cuts 2 to 2 cm.
Mix salt and paprika, rub meat.
Put on it prunes, dried apricots, nuts.
Meat carefully folded sausage (pork - tighter).
The resulting roll is tied with thread (cooking).
We spread the semi-finished product on the laid out foil, we wrap it up. The oven is heated to 200 degrees.
Wrapped roll on a baking sheet placed in the oven for 90 minutes.
After 50 minutes from the start of cooking, open the oven and cut the foil on the roll on one side. We continue to bake it with cut foil.
After another 20 minutes, turn the roll and cut the foil again, but on the other side.
After the end of cooking, the roll should cool down.
After cooling, remove the thread and cut the finished dish into pieces.
Recipe 2. Chicken roll with prunes in mustard sauce
The dish is suitable for a family meal. It is appropriate to offer it to guests. Mustard sauce, soaking the meat, will give it not only the original taste, but also an appetizing look. The combination of sweet and sour dried plums and mustard makes the finished dish spicy and unique.
Ingredients:
Chicken fillet 5-6 pcs.
Dutch hard cheese - 150 g.
Prunes - 250 g
Walnuts - 50 g.
Salt.
Pepper.
For the sauce:
Cream fat content of 8-10% - 150 ml
Mustard - 75 g
Flour - 1/2 cup.
Butter - 30 g.
Salt.
Cooking Method:
Meat cut into portions, repel.
Lightly salt, sprinkle with pepper.
Fold in a bowl and put on for 20 minutes in a cool place.
Prune steamed in a water bath.
Grind walnuts using a rolling pin.
Dutch cheese cut into strips.
Place meat on a baking sheet.
On each piece of meat, first decompose prunes, then - Dutch cheese.
Form rolls.
Sauce:
Throw oil in a saucepan and melt.
Quickly pour the flour and mix with butter.
Add three tablespoons of mustard to the sauce and mix again.
We add a glass of cream.
Well, all the stir so that the mixture becomes homogeneous and does not contain lumps.
Reduce the heat and cook for a couple of minutes.
Fill the rolls with sauce.
Top generously sprinkle with nuts. We place in the oven warmed to 200 degrees for 50 minutes.
Recipe 3: Scandinavian Rolls with Prunes
In its original form, the dish is made of pork. But chicken fillet is also suitable. The taste is no worse, and the caloric content is much lower.
Ingredients:
Pork pulp or chicken fillet - 150 g.
Prunes - 75 g.
Apples - 1-2 pcs.
Broth - 300 g
Cream 10% - 175 g. Butter - 75-100
Corn starch - 15 g.
Salt.
A mixture of peppers.
Cooking Method:
Rub meat with salt and pepper. Leave for 20 minutes in a cold place.
Prune into small pieces.
Wash apples, peel can not be removed. Grate using a larger grater.
Spread meat on a wooden board.
In the center of the chop to put the apple and prunes in approximately the same proportions.
Wrap the meat roll, slightly knit using a cooking thread.
Melt butter in a deep skillet.
Place the rolls in a saucepan and fry.
Add broth to reddened rolls.
Boil, slow down the fire, so that the boil is not stormy. Cooking time - 50-60 minutes.
Put the finished roll on a plate.
After letting it cool down, cut it into pieces. Top with sauce.
Sauce:
The basis of cooking is meat broth, remaining after stewing the roll.
Fill the starch with cream, stir, add to the broth.
Gradually, not forgetting to stir, we achieve the desired thickness of the sauce.
Recipe 4. Roll with prunes in white wine
The dish is delicate, aromatic, satisfying. Wine gives it a sour taste, prunes - sweetness, paprika - sharpness. Serve the rolls you need with the same wine that is present in the sauce.
Ingredients:
Chicken or veal breast - 400 g
Prunes - 150 g.
Hard cheese - 60 g.
Seasoning for meat.
Corn oil.
For the sauce:
Dry white wine - 200 g
Cream - 300 g
Parmesan - 30 g
Flour - 20 g
Parsley (fresh or dried) - 15 g.
Salt, paprika - on a pinch.
Cooking Method:
Grate each piece of seasoning for meat and leave in the fridge for a few minutes.
Cut the cheese into plates (stripes).
On the wooden kitchen board spread out the meat.
Put dried fruit on one edge of each piece.
For prunes spread out the strips of cheese.
Form rolls, securing each of them with a wooden skewer.
Put the rolls on a heated frying pan and fry, do not forget to turn. Sauce:
Fill the heated saucepan with wine.
Pour the cream into the flour and stir.
Combine wine with cream and flour.
Add grated cheese, parsley, paprika.
Mix everything thoroughly. Cook on low heat for a few minutes (5-10), stirring occasionally.
Ready rolls load in a saucepan with sauce and cook for no more than 5 minutes.
Dish spread out on a plate and pour the sauce.
On top of the rolls with prunes and cheese, put parsley.
It is advisable to serve the dish hot, otherwise the sauce will harden and the rolls will lose their appetizing and attractive appearance.
Recipe 5. Chicken roll with prunes: “Surprise girlfriends”
The combination of dried fruit and two types of meat will give the roll an unusual taste. This dish can surprise the girlfriends who came to visit.
Ingredients:
Chicken fillet or pork belly - 250 g
Ham - 50 g
Prunes - 100 g.
Raisin light - a handful.
Corn oil.
Sour cream 21% - 100 g
Seasoning for meat.
Sugar - 2 tsp.
Cooking method:
Steamed prunes and raisins.
Cut the ham into small cubes.
Wash meat, thoroughly repel, rub with seasoning.
Meat semi-finished product spread out on the kitchen board.
Place prunes, raisins and slices of ham on the beaten off meat.
Roll up roll and secure with a toothpick.
Fry in a skillet.
Add sour cream and some water.
Close the lid and cook another 25 minutes.
At the end of cooking, add sugar and stew for another 5 minutes.
Carefully remove the toothpicks from cooked rolls.
Recipe 6. Rolls with prunes under orange sauce
The dish is suitable for those who want to get to know each other better. It is recommended to cook it together. Mustard and rosemary, walnut and prunes - this combination of products will make the taste of the finished dish special. And an unusual sauce consolidate the pleasure.
Ingredients:
Chicken or pork belly 300 g
Mustard - 50 g
Prunes - 10-15 pieces.
Rosemary - 2 sprigs.
Walnuts 50 g
Cooking salt.
Pepper.
Breading flour - 100 g
For the sauce:
Orange juice - 100 g.
Peel of one orange.
Wine (white, dry) - 100 ml.
Chilli - 0.5 pcs.
Sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Vologda butter - 20 g.
Cooking Method:
Meat cut, repel.
Spread with mustard on both sides, add salt and pepper.
Nuts to detail.
Prune into slices.
Put prunes and nuts on meat. Roll up roll, tie with culinary thread, roll in flour.
To each roll tie a sprig of rosemary.
Fry the rolls in the pan for 1-2 minutes (until golden brown) on both sides.
Put baking paper on a baking tray. Put rolls on top.
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, warming it to 180 degrees
Cooking sauce:
Heat the wine.
Pour in orange juice.
Pour orange zest.
Halve on low heat.
Add chili pepper (finely chopped),
Remove from heat.
Pour sugar, salt.
Add a piece of butter to thicken the sauce.
Mix well and cool slightly.
Pour the sauce into a small deep plate.
Serve the rolls by adding orange sauce.
Recipe 7. Extreme meatloaf with prunes: in beer marinade
Rolls tasty and juicy with an unusual beer flavor. Add to the delicacy can be greens, peanuts and beer. The dish is really extreme. It is appropriate to cook for the day of the student.
Ingredients:
Pork tenderloin - 1000
Mustard - 50 g
Prunes - 200 g.
Dried apricots - 200 g
Beer - 500 g
Cooking salt.
Cooking Method:
Cut the meat lengthwise to get pieces up to 1.5 cm thick.
We beat on a wooden platform. Salt on both sides.
Pour beer into bowl and add mustard. Stir.
Put the meat into the resulting “marinade” and keep it for 50-60 minutes.
Prune and dried apricots are cut lengthwise into small strips.
On the meat alternately lay out prunes and dried apricots: a strip of prunes, then a strip of dried apricots, etc.
Twist the rolls and fix them with a toothpick.
We spread on a baking sheet covered with foil.
Sent in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 40-50 minutes.
From finished rolls remove toothpicks.
Cut into small pieces.
Recipe 8. Meatloaf with prunes under honey-mustard sauce
Juicy, healthy and nutritious dish. Meat soaked in honey, mustard and sour cream tastes unusual, but you will definitely like it.
Ingredients:
Meat - 400 g
Ground prunes - 250 g
Ground nut - 250 g
To prepare the sauce:
White honey - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Mustard - Art. spoon.
Sour cream 21% - Art. spoon.
Hot boiled water - 500 g Cooking Method:
Combine prunes and nuts. Stir.
On the prepared meat lay out a tablespoon of a mixture of prunes with walnuts.
Making rolls. So that they do not fall apart - we fix with a wooden skewer.
Fry in a skillet before browning.
Cooking sauce:
In a large saucepan of heat-resistant glass pour liquid honey.
Add mustard, sour cream.
Fill hot water.
All thoroughly mixed.
Shift hot rolls in sauce.
Cover the pot with the lid and put it in the oven for one hour.
Finished rolls can be additionally watered with the remnants of honey-mustard sauce.
Prune Rolls - Tricks and Tips
- It is best to use fresh or chilled meat. Frozen is also suitable, but it has already lost most of its nutrients.
- You can use a baking sleeve to beat off meat. It is stronger than conventional film, in addition, allows you to freely turn the finely broken pieces.
- Roll can be served as sandwiches.
- The knife for slicing the finished dish should be sharp.
- It is advisable to release the roll from the baking sleeve only after cooling.
- The sheet of foil should be twice the size of the pan. This amount is necessary to wrap the roll completely.
- Nuts are successfully ground not only manually, but also in a blender. Nut crumb turns out very quickly.
- For the preparation of rolls with prunes (chicken and meat), you can use either fresh greens, dried or frozen.
