Sauerbraten With Potato Dumplings And Applesauce Food

SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Marinate the meat for about 5 to 10 days before you want to serve this dish.
• Rinse the meat and pat dry with a paper towel.
• Add the red wine vinegar and the red wine to a large bowl.
• Add all spices and the garlic paste and mix well.
• Coarsely chop the root vegetables and add them to the bowl as well.
• Slice the onion and add half of the slices to the bowl.
• Place the meat into the bowl and cover it with the other half of the onion slices.
• The meat should be fully submerged in the liquid. If it is not, use a smaller bowl or add up to 2 cups of beef broth.
• Cover the bowl airtight and let the meat marinate in the refrigerator for at least 5, and up to 10 days.
• Remove the meat from the marinade and pat dry.
• Melt lard in a large pot.
• Strain the vegetables from the liquid and set both aside.
• Sear the meat on all sides.
• Add the vegetable and about 2/3 of the liquid to the pot.
• Stir the honey into the liquid and bring to a simmer.
• Simmer for about 2 hours covered on medium high heat, turn the meat every half hour.
• Remove the meat from the pan and strain the vegetables from the liquid. Discard the vegetables and set the liquid aside.
• Melt butter in a pan, add the flour and brown.
• De-glaze with the liquid, salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 min.
• Add the meat back to the pot to keep warm until you serve it.
• Serve with a vegetable dish and bread dumplings or Spätzle.

TRADITIONAL GERMAN SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Wipe beef with a damp cloth and season with salt and pepper. Place seasoned beef in a large glass bowl.
• Combine vinegar, carrots, onion, peppercorns, cloves, bay leaves, and parsley in a bowl; pour over beef. Cover dish tightly with a lid or plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate beef, turning daily, for 3 to 7 days.
• Drain meat, reserving liquid and vegetables. Rub flour over all sides of beef.
• Heat butter in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; brown beef on all sides, 5 to 10 minutes. Add onions, carrots, and 2 cups reserved liquid. Cover Dutch oven, lower heat to medium-low, and simmer until meat is tender, about 2 hours. Transfer beef to a serving platter.
• Stir gingersnap crumbs and sugar into the liquid in Dutch oven; cook and stir until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Pour sauce over meat.

TRADITIONAL SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Place beef rump roast, onions, vinegar, water, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, sugar, cloves, and bay leaves in a large pot. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days, turning meat daily. Remove meat from marinade and pat dry with paper towels, reserving marinade.
• Season flour to taste with salt and black pepper in a large bowl. Sprinkle flour mixture over beef.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat; cook beef until brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Pour reserved marinade over beef, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until beef is tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Remove beef to a platter and slice.
• Strain solids from remaining liquid and continue cooking over medium heat. Add gingersnap cookies and simmer until gravy is thickened about 10 minutes. Serve gravy over sliced beef.

SAUERBRATEN WITH POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Season roast generously with salt and pepper. Heat a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add 3 tablespoons oil; swirl to coat. Sear meat, turning occasionally, until deep brown all over, about 12 minutes. Transfer roast to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium and add onions, garlic, remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and a splash of water. Raise heat to medium-high and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are translucent, about 8 minutes. Stir in sugar, vinegar, wine, thyme, peppercorns, juniper, bay leaves, and cloves. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat and stir in applesauce. Add roast; turn to coat. Let cool 20 minutes, then cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours and up to 24 hours, turning once.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Transfer Dutch oven from refrigerator to stove top; turn roast in liquid. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat. Cover; transfer to oven and bake 2 1/2 hours, turning roast every 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until roast is tender and the tip of a knife pierces through easily, about 30 minutes more. Remove roast; transfer to a cutting board to rest.
• Meanwhile, cook sauce over high heat until reduced to a silky consistency, 8 to 10 minutes. Taste sauce; add 1 to 2 teaspoons sugar if too acidic.
• Cut roast against the grain into thin slices; return to pot. Divide sliced meat with sauce, dumplings, and reserved croutons among plates. Top with thyme and serve.

NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Make a bundle with the cheesecloth and the pickling spices, placing pickling spices in a square of cheesecloth and tying it off with cotton string. Mix water, vinegar, ketchup, sugar, and onion powder in a large crock pot (the one I use is a 6-quart model). Add the bundle of pickling spices.
• Put meat in fat side up in crock. Cook until meat is tender (low for 12 hours or high for 7-8 hours).
• Remove spice bundle and throw away. Do not discard the juices nor turn off the crockpot. Take meat out and allow to cool.
• Add 12 crumbled ginger snaps to juices that remain in the crockpot and allow to thicken.
• Slice the meat and return to sauce in the crockpot.

SAUERBRATEN WITH POTATO DUMPLINGS AND APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Wipe steak with damp cloth; season with salt and pepper.
• Place in earthenware, glass or enamel bowl.
• Combine onions, carrot, celery, cloves, peppercorns, vinegar and bay leaves and pour over meat.
• Cover and marinate in refrigerator for 4 days.
• Boil the potatoes for the dumplings on the night of the 4 day. Leave them in their jackets and let stand for a few hours to overnight.
• On fifth day remove meat from refrigerator and drain, reserving marinade.
• Sauté meat in bacon drippings plus 1 tablespoon butter until seared on all sides.
• Cover with reserved marinade and bring to boil, then lower heat and simmer for about 3 hours.
• Melt remaining 5 tablespoons of butter in a pan and stir in flour to form a roux.
• Blend in sugar and brown to a nice dark color.
• Stir roux into liquid in the pot and add raisins (optional).
• Cover and continue to simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour longer.
• DUMPLINGS:.
• Peel the potatoes and mash them. Add the eggs and flour.
• Form the mixture into little balls and chill in the refrigerator for about an hour before cooking.
• Bring lightly salted water to just under boiling point.
• To make sure your mixture has the right consistency, cook a single dumpling first. If it does not hold together, add more flour to the mixture.
• Gently drop in a few dumplings, being careful not to overcrowd them.
• When the dumplings are cooked, they will rise to the top.
• Remove the meat to a warm serving platter.
• Stir crushed gingersnaps or starch into the pot juices and cook until thickened.
• Pour over the meat and serve with the dumplings and applesauce.
• Provide melted, browned butter and bread crumbs for the dumplings.
• Red cabbage makes another good accompaniment. A good one is Sweet and Sour and the brand that comes to mind is "Aunt Nellie's". It would probably be the easiest to find in the US. I always get mine at our local Walmart Supercenter.

SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Season beef well with salt and pepper. Tie meat tightly every 2 inches with kitchen twine, and once from end to end, to help keep meat intact. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy casserole over medium heat. Brown meat evenly on all sides, including the ends. Transfer to a plate, and set aside.
• Reduce heat to medium low, add remaining 2 tablespoons oil, garlic, and onions. Cook, stirring often, until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add bay leaves, tomato paste, ketchup, red-wine vinegar, and red wine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Return beef to pot, and add 2 cups water. (The liquid should come halfway up the side of the beef.) Cover with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce heat to simmer. Cook for 1 hour, turn beef, and continue to cook until fork-tender, another 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove pot from heat. Let cool slightly, and transfer beef to a cutting board with a well. Remove twine, and let beef rest for 15 minutes. Skim the fat from the surface of the sauce in the casserole. Taste the sauce, and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Stir in sour cream. Slice meat across the grain into 1/4-inch slices. Place meat back into sauce. Transfer to a large serving platter; ladle over sauce. Serve immediately.

EASY SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the water, vinegar, cloves, bay leaves, salt and brown sugar. Remove 2 cups to a small bowl; cover and refrigerate. Pour remaining marinade into a 2-gal. resealable plastic bag. Add roast; seal bag and turn to coat. Refrigerate for 1-2 days, turning twice each day., Discard marinade and spices. Pat roast dry; dredge in flour. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown roast in oil on all sides. Transfer to a small roasting pan. Add the onion, carrots, celery and reserved marinade. , Cover and bake at 325° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until meat is tender. With a slotted spoon, remove meat and vegetables to a serving platter. Strain cooking juices; thicken if desired.

OLD-WORLD SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high. Brown beef on all sides. Add all remaining ingredients except gingersnaps; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until beef is tender, about 3 hour., During the last 30 minutes, stir in gingersnaps. Remove meat; discard bay leaves and cloves. While slicing meat, bring gravy to a boil to reduce and thicken.

BROILED FRUIT DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Halve and pit the peach and nectarine. Line a shallow baking dish with foil; coat foil with cooking spray. Place fruit cut side down in prepared dish. , Broil 6 in. from the heat for 3 minutes; turn fruit over and sprinkle with brown sugar. Broil until sugar is melted and bubbly, 2-3 minutes longer. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

SAUERBRATEN I

Steps:

• In large saucepan over medium heat, combine cider vinegar, water, brown sugar, cloves, allspice, salt, pepper, peppercorns, bay leaf, onion, carrot and celery. Heat, stirring occasionally, until bubbles appear at edges, but do not boil.
• Poke deep holes in roast and place in non-metal bowl. Pour vinegar mixture over roast. Cover and refrigerate for five days, turning once daily.
• Remove roast from liquid; pat dry with paper towels. Remove bay leaf and peppercorns from liquid and discard. Strain liquid from vegetables, reserving both.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear all sides of roast quickly, 1 to 2 minutes each side. Reduce heat to low, pour reserved vegetables and 1 cup of vinegar liquid into pan. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours, adding more vinegar liquid if necessary.
• Remove roast from pan, and let cool slightly. Slice roast and return slices to liquid in pan, cover and simmer 30 minutes more. Remove slices to serving platter. Stir sour cream into heated liquid and heat through, but do not allow to boil. Pour sauce over meat and serve immediately.