Rouladen

Beef rolls: thin slices of beef wrapped around mustard, bacon, pickle, and onion, browned and braised in stock until tender, served with a dark gravy made from the braising liquid. Deep beef flavour, sharp pickle and mustard punch, smoky bacon, savoury depth from long cooking. The wine needs structure to meet the beef, acid to handle the pickle and mustard, and savoury complexity to sit alongside the gravy. Fruit-forward fat reds will taste flat against the pickle; tannic without acid will turn metallic.