German Sauerfleisch Sour Spiced Pork Food

GERMAN-- SAUERFLEISCH---SOUR SPICED PORK

Steps:

• Cut meat in chunks 1 1/2 to 2 inches square.
• Cut onions in thin rings.
• Add all ingredients to large soup pot with cover and cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until meat is very tender.
• Put generous helpings of mashed potatoes in soup bowls.
• Place the Sauerfleish in the soup bowls then ladle onions and soup over the Sauerfleisch and mashed potatoes.
• Serve with soup spoons.
• NOTE: The spices in this dish are NOT to be removed before serving.
• It is the kaleidoscope of taste that varies from bite to bite as you bite into a coriander seed, a juniper berry or a caraway seed that makes this dish extraordinary.
• TYPICAL MENU: Sauerfleisch—Sour spiced pork Kartoffelpuree—Mashed potatoes Bier--Beer or Rotwein—Red Wine Miller's German Cookbook.

SPEKULATIUS 1 (CINNAMON, ALMOND & GINGER BUTTER COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 Fahrenheit (200 Centigrade / Gas Mark 6).
• Grease a baking sheet.
• Mix the flour and Baking powder together in a bowl.
• Make a well in the middle and put in the egg, sugar and spices and slowly work it all into a thick dough.
• Cut the cold butter into pieces and together with the ground almonds put on top of dough.
• Cover it all with a little more flour and knead it well to form a smooth dough. Note: If the dough is too sticky or gets warm, cool it a little in the refrigerator.
• Some recipes call for the dough to be left to rest for an hour in the refrigerator at this point.
• Roll out the dough nice and thin (they *are supposed* to be about 1/8th inch thick). If using flaked almonds on the top, sprinkle a few over the dough and pat into it very lightly.
• Cut out the cookies with Christmas Cookiecutters.
• Put Cookies onto greased baking sheet.
• Bake at 400F / 200C (Gas Mk 6) on the top slot in the Oven for about 15 minutes.
• Normally cut into Christmas tree, people, partridge and gift parcel shapes.
• Lightly Adapted From recipe posted by : Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS, Watertown, NY 315-786-1120.
• These are known as Speculaas or Speculoos in Belgium and the Belgians claim to have invented them :) Some German recipes call for ground hazelnuts rather than ground almonds but Belgian recipes don't. I've had them with hazelnuts in and they're very nice, so given the price of ground almonds -- :).

SPICED PORK WITH BOURBON REDUCTION SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare sauce, combine the first 6 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 11 minutes), stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
• To prepare pork, combine chili powder, cinnamon, allspice, and salt, stirring well; rub evenly over pork. Cut pork crosswise into 12 slices.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add pork to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Serve with sauce.