since 1945

 


   

Recipe



 
    Munich Sauerbraten (game)
     
    Ingredients:
    1.5 kg lean beef (or wild meat) ……..round or flat shoulder good
½ litre each of water and wine vinegar
1 onion
2 bunches soup greens **
4 juniper berries
2 cloves
Pinch each of salt, rosemary, thyme
50 g (1 ¾ oz) bacon fat
3 Tbsp butter
1 slice sourdough bread
2 ½ cups sour cream
1 Tbsp flour
Salt & pepper
     
    Directions:
    Heat vinegar and water together. Dice onion and add it and spices and greens to mixture. Put meat in a container (not plastic or metal) and pour mixture over it. Let meat sit in this marinade in a cool (not cold!) place for 3 or 4 days, turning occasionally.

Remove meat from marinade and wipe dry. Smear with bacon fat and salt and pepper lightly. Sear meat on all sides in the fat; add 2 ladlefuls of the liquid marinade and the drained vegetables and spices. Lay the piece of bread in the sauce. Roast for 2 to 2 ½ hours at 350 F.

½ hour before the end of cooking pour 1 cup of the sour cream on the roast and baste more frequently. At end remove roast and let rest while you prepare sauce.

Sauce: Mix remaining sour cream with flour and then add to sauce in roasting pan. On the stovetop bring it to a quick boil, and then rub it through a sieve to mince herbs, spices and onion. Pour this sauce over slices of roast and serve with potato salad!

Guten apetit!

**Bavarian Soup Greens

Bay leaf, leek, carrot, celery, parsley, parsnip, tomato and onion. Put together a small amount of each, favouring those you like. These are constant ingredients in Bavarian sauces that require “soup greens”.
     
    Submitted by:
    Wolf & Sharyn Riedl