Sauerbraten with Sweet and Sour Cabbage
Over the years, we have amassed a large collection of Dutch oven recipes, and we enjoy sharing them
with others who appreciate this form of cast iron cooking. The popularity of Dutch oven cooking has increased
greatly over the past several years as many people discover the benefits of using these cast iron pots and
associated pieces of cast iron cookware. Most of our recipes can be used for indoor cooking in your oven or
outdoors in a more traditional campfire setting.
Ask your children to help you prepare this wonderful recipe. Let them enjoy the fun of mixing the spices
and pounding them on the hearth. This delectable meal is a keeper as the enticing aromas rise up as it
cooked.
Ingredients:
2 c Vinegar
2 c Water
Marinade
6 lb Beef; bottom round
1/2 c Bacon Drippings
3/4 c Carrots; sliced
1/2 c Tomato Puree
1 c Red Wine
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon thyme
2 teaspoon peppercorns
2 teaspoon parsley Stems
2 ea bay leaves; small
1/4 cup clery Leaf; green
2 tablespoons garlic; crushed
1/3 c Carrots
1/4 c Celery
2 c Beef Stock
2 tablespoons brown Sugar
1/4 c Cornstarch
Cooking Instructions:
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 4 hours and 15 minutes
Cooking Steps:
- Using a stock pot put the water and vinegar; add all the marinade ingredients and place the beef.
Cover, keep refrigerated and let it marinated about 3 to 4 days. Turn each side once every day.
- Remove the meat from the marinade sauce and place in a roasting pan or you can use a Dutch oven. Add
the bacon drippings and let it sear well until browned on all sides.
- Using a cast iron pot mix the beef stock, wine, brown sugar, tomato puree, marinade sauce and bring
into a boil over medium heat. Add the seared meat and; cover and let it simmer for 3 hours. Set aside the
cooked meat before slicing.
- Add the diluted starch with the strained gravy and stir carefully until boil. Add seasoning if
necessary.
- Slice the meat and serve with gravy.
Our Dutch oven recipes are primarily used with
cast iron dutch ovens, but you may also use
them with
aluminum dutch ovens or
enameled dutch ovens. If you are new to dutch oven
cooking, we recommend you consider buying cookware made by a reputable manufacturer such a Lodge, Le Crueset,
Staub, All-Clad, Mario Battali, Calphalon and Emerilware. We check prices regularly for dutch ovens and by far
the best prices have always been found at Amazon.
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