Pickles wrapped in bacon wrapped in steak
Cook bacon, preheat oven to 300 While bacon is cooking, salt and pepper steak Set cooked bacon aside Drain bacon grease from pan, brown steak (30-45 seconds per side) Set steak aside Deglaze pan with Lambrusco While pan is deglazing, make rolls: roll two pickles in four strips of bacon, roll that with one steak Place rolls in oven at 300 Bring a pot of water to a boil Pour wine from deglazed pan into saucepan, add 1 tsp butter Stir in butter, add jar of gravy and 1/2 can of tomato paste Add wine and/or brown sugar to offset acidity of tomato paste and basil and sage to taste Make dumplings (mix egg and flour till sticky) Drop tsp of dumpling mix in boiling water, cook till they float Don't forget to stir and taste the sauce When dumplings are finished, place in pan with rolls, pour the sauce all over everything Cook for ten more minutes and serve with a cold dark beer
Recipe is courtesy of: Stolen from Penn Brewery, with modifications