Maltese Cuisine

Bragioli

Cuisine: Maltese Created by Polly Vella

The joy of this dish is that you don’t need the very best cuts of meat to make a delicious meal. Mince with herbs and flavourings are rolled inside and then cooked gently in a tomato based sauce. This can also be served as two meals, using the sauce with pasta as a first course.

Ingredients

6 thin slices of topside or round steak, flattened with a mallet
400g veal mince
2 rashers bacon, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
½ cup parsley, finely chopped
1 tbsp oregano, finely chopped
1 shallot, thinly sliced
½ cup gbejniet (Maltese cheese), grated
2 eggs, beaten

Sauce
3 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions, diced
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tin tomatoes
1 cup flat leaf parsley, leaves picked
½ cup basil, leaves picked
250ml red wine
500ml water
Salt and pepper to taste
2 bay leaves

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Preparation

To make sauce, fry onion and garlic in olive oil until softened.

Add tomatoes, herbs, red wine and water and leave to simmer while you prepare the bragioli.

Lay out beef slices.

Mix remaining ingredients together and season with salt and pepper.

Place a heaped tablespoon of stuffing mixture on each beef slice, spreading out well.

Roll up and secure with skewers, toothpicks or tie with butcher’s twine.

Place in sauce and simmer for 1 ½ hours over low heat.

Maltese Restaurants

Displaying 4 of 4 Maltese Restaurants.

Restaurant		Suburb
1.	The Original Maltese Cafe	Surry Hills
2.	Maha Bar & Grill	Melbourne
3.	Pastizzi Cafe	Newtown
4.	Cafe Valletta	Sydney

14 Jun 2011 02:57 AEST

Adelaide

Great Recipe

Loved it. However would be nice if someone could clean up all the spam and advertiing in the comments section.

11 May 2011 08:26 AEST

Glenn

Sydney

Pastizzi

Luke, i couldnt agree more with your comments. The pastizzi shown on food safari are: www.pastizzi.com.au enough said.

06 May 2011 08:59 AEST

Dianne Ward

Ipswich QLD

Bragioli

I made the Bragioli for friends ..and they were blown away ...they are so yummy next time I make them I am going to use some finally chopped olives in the stuffing mix Thanks SBS for your awesome cooking vids

30 Jan 2011 08:47 AEST

Luke

Gold Coast

Advert?

All of the Pastizzi comments below seem suspect like they are all from the same person but using different names.

27 Dec 2010 06:21 AEST

Victor Bugeja

Hoppers crossing

Very Good Pastizzi

Anton camilleri pastizzi are super . They are much better than any pastizzi that i ever taste it till now. Rich ,flaky , and full with pure ricotta and not mixed with nothing else. Thanks .

27 Dec 2010 06:11 AEST

Alison Borg

leverton

Pastizzi to die for

I taste the best pastizzi with the best filling of ricotta and peas . Anton camilleri pastizzi are really like the once i could remember having in Malta . Thanks very much for remind me of my childhood.

29 Oct 2010 12:22 AEST

Den Taylor

Miami 4200

Bragioli

Bragioli......Beef Olive..made with love

14 Jan 2010 07:32 AEST

Walter Busuttil

North Albert Mont

authentic Maltese cooking

I am in Australia on holiday from UK having left Malta forty odd years. My family wanted me to cook them Bragoli and my daughter in law referred me to your website. They fondly remember the bragoli my mother did for them and also my recipe. It was simpler and most appeasing. You dont mention that the bragoli are filled with ham and sliced boiled eggs and parsley,Never heard you have to do grated goat's cheese or veal mince. Was this a countryfied recipe? Advise.

02 Jan 2010 08:47 AEST

Anton camilleri

Williams Landing

Pastizzi Delivery

Who ever wants to buy my pastizzi now i start delivering also. Pls put the order via mobile and i get back to you as soon as possibile. Thanks Anton Camilleri.

30 Dec 2009 11:37 AEST

Josette

sunshine

Patizzi

I agree betty curmi, I tried Anton Camilleri patizzi from my friend's birthday, this is the best, the pastry is so flaky and the ricotta is full , not mix with something else., better than the supermarket brand.

28 Dec 2009 04:13 AEST

betty curmi

altona

Best pastizzi ever

I tried the pastizzi form Anton camilleri and i can say that they are the best pastizzi that could ever remember that i had for a long time. They are so rich in filling and the pastry is so flaky.

13 Aug 2009 02:37 AEST

Anton Camilleri

Williams Landing

Pastizzi for sale

I am a Maltese and i came in Australia about 5 1/2 years ago. I am doing the real deal pastizzi not the once that they are selling these days, if anyone is interested ,my mobile number is : 0407511974 ,real ricotta and peas . Price $4.50 per dozen frozen Thanks Anton

26 Jul 2009 06:39 AEST

julie

cessnock

beautiful

Never tried maltese cooking until i watched your program. Tried it and now love it. THANK YOU

07 Jun 2009 01:02 AEST

beck

heidelberg

Pastizzi

You cannot beat Anthony's pastizzi. ... Anthony's Pastizzi. 1 Pascoe St, Pascoe Vale, VIC 3044. p: (03) 93063354. It is to die for.

22 May 2009 07:48 AEST

Emily Dupuche

Richmond

Patizzi

Can anyone help with a great pastizzi outlet in Melbourne? I have tried all the ones available in the supermarkets and they are oily and not flaky compared to the ones I remember from being a kid - they came from the Preston market but we cant find them anymore. Surely Melbourne has a good Maltese bakery???

14 May 2009 02:36 AEST

Kelley Zammit

Coburg Victoria

great recipe

I would love to try this one, where would I find Gbejniet in Melbourne?

08 May 2009 11:17 AEST

connie mussillon

sunshine bay

drying to try

my best friend was maltese and since i have moved i really miss her cooking so was glad with the show can not wait to cook this meal

07 May 2009 10:50 AEST

Allison Goodman

Lennox Head

Here we go again

My kids ( 11 & 9 ) loved last nights show and are insisting on Timpana and Bragioli for dinner. Thanks to you for such an inspiring show.

06 May 2009 10:33 AEST

Natasha

morisset NSW

Yeah Maltese food

i thank sbs for doing a documentary on Maltese foods me and my family are maltese these foods bring joy, hope passion and love to my fmaily and all Maltese families or people in different ways. I believe that all maltese people would agree with me and now that l have watched this show l am able to now cook some of these foods and pass them on in my family too just like other maltese familys do.

06 May 2009 09:24 AEST

Sharon

Roxburgh Park

Can't wait to try it !

This receipe looks like a good winter dish. Can't wait to try it. Thank you for showing and sharing this one with us. Yumbo.

06 May 2009 08:31 AEST

vic sultana

St Helens Tasmania

verey good 5 Star

i have not seen them made for a long time it's good to see some of the Malta food on the SBS. TV . Some of the other Maltaies people are saying the same thing. Regards Vic

21 Nov 2008 09:58 AEST

Adelina Austin

St. Clair

Variation of a great recipe

This is an old and favoured recipe that has been handed down to me through the generations. My recipe though is varied, I use boiled eggs, not beaten eggs, and we do not use Maltese cheese. I do not add mince.We also add peas and potatoes to the sauce. We boil spaghetti, and have this as an entree, then the bragioli,with the potatoes,peas and sauce as a main. We serve with fresh Vienna bread or Turkish Bread toasted to soak up the sauce. Thank you

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