Kulturkueche - Rouladen, April 26 @ 7:30 pm

Round out your German home cooking mastery with the essential Rouladen. Transform less expensive cuts of beef into a meltingly tender and delicious main dish.
Stuffed with pickles and other vegetables, Rouladen truly becomes Rouladen once the real star of the show arrives - gravy.
Silky. Brown. Great with red wine.
A lush gravy is poured over our fork tender friends.
Poured. Not drizzled. The better to sop up the Spaetzle.

Class includes demonstration, sampling and one drink.
There are plenty of hands on opportunities for students as well as tasting opportunities.
Nominal class fee of $16 includes demonstration, recipes, one drink and tasting

We know your Oma made it better - that was the love.
This event is Friday April 26 2013 at 7:30 pm.
Reservations required.

I will be teaching how to make my Mom's beef rouladen recipe at the DANK Haus. To make a reservation for the class, go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/363934.

Class location:
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
5th Floor
4740 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773.561.9181
http://www.dankhaus.com/

Hi,

I met the instructor for this class last night. I have the impression there is more room available.

I plan to be there, because this was yet another dish my Oma would have made in advance of our arrival. While we vastly preferred spaetzle and saurkraut, this was pretty good, too.

Regards,

Rouladen is one of my favorite dishes and I was hoping to make this class, unfortunately I have a commitment to an out of town friend who is visiting and can't make this time. Hopefully it will be repeated.

Cathy,
Do you ever run these announcements through the German cultural center in Chicago?
Very nice people, and I am sure would be willing to help out.

exvaxman wrote:Cathy,
Do you ever run these announcements through the German cultural center in Chicago?
Very nice people, and I am sure would be willing to help out.

I am not otherwise associated with DankHaus beyond participating and perhaps encouraging their programming. mrsm is more close to the action, she may be able to comment on this.

Regards,

I will ask my teenager for his instructors address dealing with the cultural center and email you.

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(414) 257-9999

Thanks to Cathy2 for giving this thread a bump. As of this morning, DANK Haus let me know that the class count stands at 14, so yes we have room for about 6 more. The format for the class is that you receive your choice of beer or wine when you arrive. Then you can sip and watch, or if you prefer, you can provide hands on help in the kitchen. Given the size of the kitchen, we can squeeze in about 5 people at a time to help out. If there are more volunteers than that, everyone can take turns, with different people helping with different tasks.

This is a dish that takes an hour to cook once everything is in the pot, so I will have some pre-made (with noodles or spaetzle) for those who want to sample and then head out to enjoy the rest of their evening. For those who are able to wait, we will fill the time in between with instruction about making gravy. I will also bring along "prop rouladen" that we can use if people want to practice the string tying technique while the dish cooks.

I'm just a home cook who will be teaching my mother's recipe (never taught a cooking class before), so please be kind. Ms. Ingie will be on hand also, so I am sure she will be able to give more professional tips. If the class is a total bust, there is a free Cinema event happening at DANK Haus that night, so we can all go watch a movie !

Below are some photos of Mom making rouladen:

Filling the round steak with mustard, onions, pickles and bacon:



Tie it with string and coat in flour:



After browning and simmering for about an hour:



If you would like to join us, please try to register by Friday morning, so that DANK Haus can let me know that I need to run out to the store to get more ingredients. Otherwise, there won't be enough to go around and we will have to share ! It looks like DANK Haus is now accepting registrations directly on their website, so maybe that means no more processing fee. (If you use the link in my earlier post, Brown paper tickets charges a fee.)

To Exvaxman, thank you. If you PM me or post the contact info here, I will be sure to pass along your suggestion about additional publicity through the German cultural center. The full name for the DANK Haus is DANK Haus German American Cultural Center. If that is the cultural center that you were referring to, they are actually the sponsor and host of the event.

To mbh, I'm sorry that this event did not work for your schedule. If you or others would be interested in having this event repeated, please post here and I will coordinate with DANK Haus to volunteer for a repeat class. We would likely wait until Autumn, since this is somewhat of a cold weather dish.

Thanks for your interest, mrsm

Hi,

I will forward information from exvaxman.

Regards,

I'm giving this thread a bump because the rouladen class will be repeated at the DANK Haus on Friday November 8, 2013. It will still be based on my mother's recipe, but LTH Forum's own Cathy2 will be teaching the class. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I am unable to teach and Cathy2 graciously agreed to take my place.

So, if you want to learn to make rouladen, or if you just want to show Cathy2 (my hero!) some LTH love, follow this link to register for the class.

Hi,

Since there will be an hour to kill waiting for rouladen to simmer. We will make spatzle and possibly a tutorial on making sauerkraut ... it just depends on timing.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

Since there will be an hour to kill waiting for rouladen to simmer. We will make spatzle and possibly a tutorial on making sauerkraut ... it just depends on timing.

Regards,

excellent, looking forward to it, spaetzle is a natural with the rouladen gravy!

Another class was added for November 22nd, but I was told today that it is sold out. I will be teaching this one.

Back by popular demand, I will teach my Mom's beef rouladen recipe on Friday Oct. 30, 2015 at 7:30 pm. Pictures are posted earlier in this thread. As before, if anyone is interested we will also cover gravy making techniques. Halloween costumes are welcome if you are so inclined.

Class location:
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center
5th Floor
4740 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773.561.9181
http://www.dankhaus.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/406781916182622/

This class usually sells out, so please reserve your spot by purchasing your tickets online $22.00 ($23.76 with service fee)