Old Munich Sauerbraten(Clay-Pot)

* Exported from MasterCook *

OLD MUNICH SAUERBRATEN (CLAY-POT)

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

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-----MARINADE-----
1 c Vinegar -- or more
1 c Water
10 Whole cloves
1 Bouqet garni made of:
4 Bay leaves
2 Sprigs celery leaves
1 Sprig fresh thyme
3 Juniper berries -- crushed
1 lg Onion -- sliced thin
3 Cloves garlic -- crushed
2 ts Salt
1 Lemon -- sliced
-----MEAT-----
5 lb Bottom round roast of beef
2 ts Bacon fat
8 oz Tomato sauce
1 Bouillon cube
1/2 c Red wine
3 tb Brown sugar -- or more
4 Strips lemon peel
5 Gingersnaps -- crumbled
1 tb Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 ts Arrowroot -- approximately

Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a
porcelain-enameled container. Add the meat and for
best results marinate for 10 days, if not more. Turn
twice daily.

When ready to cook, presoak a large clay pot, top and
bottom, in water for 15 minutes.

Remove the meat from marinade, put in a large frying
pan, and sear on all sides in the hot bacon fat.
Meanwhile, pour the marinade into a saucepan and
reduce to 1/3 its original volume by boiling rapidly,
uncovered. Place the meat in the presoaked pot, then
add the marinade and all the other ingredients except
the arrowroot.

Cover the pot and place it in a cold oven. Set the
oven temperature at 425 degrees. Cook for 2 to 2 1/2
hours, until almost done, then remove the po from the
oven and pour off the sauce. Return the pot to the
oven, uncovered, for a final 10 minutes of cooking.

Meanwhile, put the sauce into a blender container and
blend. Taste for seasoning; the sauce should be "sweet
and sour." If not, add brown sugar and/or vinegar.
Heat the sauce, thicken with the arrowroot, and serve
over the meat and German potato pancakes.

Source: "The Clay-Pot Cookbook" by Georgia MacLeod
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