Meat roll - (Rolo kima)

NOTES
Cooking time: 40-50 minutes
Greek : Ρολό κιμά
Serves / Yields : 4 persons
Season:Autumn,Winter

INGREDIENTS

• 700 gr. ground meat
• 1 cup small bread crumbs
• 1 small finely chopped onion
• a small quantity of finely chopped celery
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 beaten egg
• salt, pepper
• 4 teaspoonfuls of white dry wine
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 5 hard-boiled eggs

METHOD

Mix meat, bread, onion, celery, beaten egg and wine. Add salt and pepper and massage into a cohesive mix. Lay the mix on square aluminum foil. Remove the shell from the hard-boiled eggs, and lay them in a row, in the middle of the square aluminum foil. Wrap the meat roll with the help of the foil. Put the butter in a shallow pot, and fry lightly. Then carefully place the roll in the pot. Fry it lightly on all sides. When it gets red brown, pour the tomato juice and add some salt to the sauce. Cover it and boil slowly. Serve with rice pilaf, fried potatoes, or potato puree.

Variation: Bake the meat roll in the oven with the tomato juice and the fried butter, after adding some water.

Source: Greek-recipe.com