Beef Rolls With Parmesan Pine Nuts Olives And Capers Recipes

BEEF POT ROAST WITH OLIVES AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the oil. Season the chuck roast with salt and pepper. Sear until nicely browned on all sides, about 2 minutes. Add the onions, carrots, garlic, oregano, cumin, cinnamon stick, tomatoes and beef stock. Make a slit in the Scotch bonnet or habanero pepper and add it to the sauce. Cover with a lid and braise in the oven until the meat is fork tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven, fold in the green olives, capers and parsley and serve over rice, if desired.

BEEF ROLLS WITH PARMESAN, PINE NUTS, OLIVES, AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Make tomato sauce: Cook tomatoes with garlic, salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper in 2 tablespoons oil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes have broken down and sauce is thickened, 8 to 12 minutes.
• Make filling: While tomatoes are cooking, pulse olives, capers, and 2 tablespoons pine nuts in a food processor until coarsely chopped and transfer to a bowl.
• Stir in bread crumbs, cheese, 2 tablespoons parsley, 1 tablespoon oil, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
• Pulse tomato sauce in cleaned processor until coarsely puréed, then return to saucepan and keep warm.
• Make beef rolls: Pound meat between 2 sheets of plastic wrap with flat side of a meat pounder or with a rolling pin until 1/8 inch thick, then cut each piece in half crosswise.
• Sprinkle 1 piece of beef evenly with one fourth of filling.
• Starting with a long side, roll up beef, then tie in 3 places with kitchen string.
• Season beef roll well with salt and pepper.
• Make 3 more rolls with remaining beef and filling.
• Heat remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until just beginning to smoke, then cook beef rolls, turning, until well browned on outside, 3 to 4 minutes for medium-rare.
• Let beef stand 5 minutes.
• Cut off kitchen string and halve each roll diagonally.
• Spoon sauce onto 4 plates, then top with beef and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons each of pine nuts and parsley.

PASTA WITH CAPERS,OLIVES AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Combine butter and oil in saute pan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and pine nuts reduce heat to low, cook until nuts turns golden.
• Add olives, capers and herbs until heated.
• Cook pasta and drain.
• Add pasta to olive mixture until well incorporated.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Garnish with parmesan cheese.