Many people know Sauerbraten with a thickened gravy containing gingersnaps, this is NOT the way it is prepared in the region of Franconia (upper Bavaria) where I grew up. After the meat is fully cooked you get to work on the gravy. The marinade, along with the seasonings and vegetables is added to the meat, which is then cooked for a couple of hours on the stove top. After the meat is removed and dried off, it will get a good searing on all sides in a heavy pot.
Bavarian sauerbraten recipe full#
Most people will keep the meat in the brine for 3 to 4 days, but I've even heard of people leaving the meat in for a full week. The cut of meat is usually a tougher cut, like a bottom round roast and by marinading the meat in something acidic for several days the notion is it will help tenderize the meat. Sauerbraten simply refers to a beef roast that has been marinaded in a brine of vinegar, spices, root vegetables and red wine for a few days. Mine is simply a family recipe which might not be "authentic" by other German standards, but is a special recipe handed down from my dad to me. Let me preface by saying that different regions in Germany will produce different recipes for this.
I promise to showcase all of the recipes, but today I'm concentrating on the Sauerbraten. I bet right now you are going "what"? OK, one more time in easier terms Sauerbraten, which is literally translated into "sour roast", German bread dumplings and red cabbage.
Are you wondering yet what he chose? Well, he went with Sauerbraten, Semmelknoedel and Blaukraut. This year though, it was up to me once again and he asked for an authentic German/Bavarian meal to be cooked. Most years I will cook a meal my husband requests, some years, like the one where he received a BBQ smoker as one of his gifts, he insisted on spending the whole day smoking a piece of meat. Since birthdays are a family affair in our house taking 3 kids to a restaurant on Valentine's Day is less then desirable for us and probably all the other couples who are trying to have a quiet romantic meal.
This is also a day we never, ever go out to eat. My husband's birthday is on Valentine's Day.
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