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                        Sauerbraten (Once More)

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beef                             German

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1       kg           lean beef (preferably a rump
                       - piece) -- up to 1.5 kg
                       Marinade:
    3/4   l            Water
                       Some cloves
    1/4   l            Vinegar
                       Some Juniper Berries
    1/4   l            Vinegar
  2       lg           Onions -- cut into rings
  1                    Bay leaf
  1                    Carrot
                       Black pepper (whole seed)
                       Sauce:
 40       g            Bacon -- chopped
100       g            Raisins -- washed and soaked
                       - with water
  2       tb           Oil
  1       tb           Red current jelly
  2       lg           Onions -- chopped
  1       ts           Salt
    1/4   l            Broth
    1/2   ts           Pepper
    1/2   c            Sour cream
  2       tb           Flour

 Cooking time: 2-1/2 hours

 Bring to boil the marinade ingredients and pour over the meat.
 Cover and keep in a cool dark place for 5 days. (In winter a bit
 longer) Put the marinated meat on a sieve, then drain well by using
 a paper towel. Cook bacon in oil for some minutes, then put in meat
 and fry it on all sides, until brown. Add onions and saute, add
 peppers and salt and now add alternatively broth or -- marinade
 which has been sifted. Used! Only the bay leaf may be used.

 Now cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours, adding from time to time a
 ladle full of broth or marinade. Add now the soaked raisins and the
 red current jelly, and simmer for 1 hour. Now take the meat out of
 pot and let cool 10 minutes on platter. Meanwhile back at the
 sauce. Stir flour into the sour cream, pour into sauce, while
 continuosly stirring and simmer for 10 minutes. Cut meat into then
 slices and put then in the sauce.

 1 kg will serve 7, 1.5 kg will serve 10


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