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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
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   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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