Sauerbraten W/sweet & Sour Cabbage

Ingredients

475 ml vinegar
475 ml water
8 gr salt
1 gr thyme
6 gr peppercorns
3 gr parsley stems
2 bayleaves
1/4 clery leaf green
18 gr garlic
140 gr carrots
26 gr celery
2,700 gr beef bottom round
1/2 bacon drippings
240 ml wine
475 ml beef stock
80 gr tomato puree
28 gr brown sugar
32 gr cornstarch

Instructions

1. Put Water and Vinegar into a stainless steel stock pot.

2. Add all the Marinate Ingredients.

3. Place Beef in tbe pot, allowing Marinade to cover the Meat. It sbould be kept in the refrigerator about 3 to 4 days for pickling, and turned once a day. Remove tbe Meat from tbe Marinade, place in a roasting pan with tbe Bacon Drippings, and sear well on all sides.

4. Place the Marinade and the Wine, Beef Stock, Tomato Puree, and Brown Sugar in a thick-bottomed pot and bring to a boil. Add the seared Meat and simmer for 3 hours, lid on.

5. Reserve Meat in a warm place till ready to carve. Strain the Gravy and reduce to 3.5 cups, add diluted Starch, continuously stirring while bringing to a boil. Adjust Seasonlng and serve Gravy with carved Meat.

Deidre-Anne Penrod, FGGT98B on Prodigy, J.PENROD3 on GEnie