We all know that the festive menu is the visiting card of every housewife, and we try our best: we don’t skimp on good products, we don’t spare time for cooking treats.

How often do we make meat rolls with all kinds of fillings! And sometimes there is simply not enough imagination to come up with something new and to please loved ones and guests, to show off their culinary fantasies. Our recipe for a mini roll with an unusual filling will come to the rescue.

An unusual highlight in this recipe will be Korean carrots, which are used as the main filling of rolls. Korean carrots will make the dish tender, juicy and add beautiful and bright colors to the dish. Pork is marinated with French mustard and aromatic Provencal herbs, thanks to which the meat reveals its secret flavor properties.

Grocery list:

1. pork (pulp, 300 g);
2. Korean carrots (100 g);
3. French mustard (5 tsp);
4. Provencal herbs (5 tsp);
5. vegetable oil (1 tbsp. l.);
6. salt, pepper (to taste);
7. dill, parsley (2 branches each);
8. parchment paper (length depends on the size of the rolls).

products for the dish

The process of making mini rolls with Korean carrots
1. Thoroughly wash the meat, clean it from excess fat, films and cut into pieces 4 cm thick. In cling film, beat off the meat with a special hammer. We beat off the thick parts of the meat harder.

wash and clean the meat

2. Mix the products for the marinade: French mustard, Provencal herbs, salt and pepper. We rub each piece of our mini rolls.

grease the meat with marinade

3. Leave the meat to marinate for 1 hour in a cold place.
4. Cut the washed greens into small pieces. After the marinating time has elapsed, spread the Korean carrots, dill and parsley on the meat.

lay out the carrots and greens

5. Roll the meat into mini rolls and tie it with threads. The threads will help to give the meat a beautiful shape and will prevent the filling from spilling out.
6. Cover the baking dish with parchment paper, pour in the sunflower oil and place our mini rolls.
7. In a preheated oven, bake mini-rolls for about 45-50 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees.

ready-made rolls with carrots

Meat rolls with carrots

How to feed a tired husband who comes home after a long day at work?

Of course, with meat! It will satisfy your hunger, and add strength, and relieve tension, and also make your brains work again! How many meat dishes do we know? Dozens, probably. How much do we cook? Let's count it on our fingers. Fried in a pan, stewed with potatoes, sometimes cutlets or chops. Probably, you, like me, have become boring for a long time. So you want something new, unusual, so that an ordinary everyday dinner turns, if not into a festive one, then at least into a weekend.

In this regard, we offer an original recipe for meat rolls stuffed with raw carrots. In general, anything can serve as a filling. Such rolls with prunes and dried apricots, with mushrooms and hard cheese are very tasty. The option with carrots is one of the most budgetary, but no less tasty. The appetizer turns out to be bright and unusual, it looks very attractive. Meat rolls with carrots can be served with sauce as a main course with any side dish, as an appetizer or as a quick snack.

Ingredients (for 3 rolls):

1. pork tenderloin (3-4 cm thick) - 350 g;
2. large carrots - 1 pc .;
3. salt;
4. pepper.

products for rolls

Preparation:
1. Cut the pork tenderloin lengthwise into 3 thin plates no more than 1.5 cm thick. It is advisable that the cut was across the fibers, then the meat will be better beaten off and when baked it will turn out to be more tender and soft.

cut the meat into chops

2. Beat off each plate on one side, pepper and salt the same side. This will allow the salt and pepper to flow deep into the meat.

the meat needs to be beaten off and pepper

3. Grate carrots on a fine grater.

three carrots on a fine grater

4. Place a small amount of carrots in a thin layer on top of each piece of meat.

put the carrots on the meat

5. Wrap the meat in tight rolls and wrap with thick thread.

we form rolls and wrap with thread

6. Wrap the rolls in foil and send to bake for 25 minutes. Then unfold the foil and let the rolls brown for another 15 minutes.
7. The appetizer is ready, cut the rolls into slices, garnish with herbs or pour over the sauce.

ready-made rolls

ready-made rolls