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Sauerbraten
Ingredients
- 1 3-4 lb chuck roast (or rump roast)
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 1⁄2 cups red wine vinegar
- 3 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1 large carrot, thinly sliced
- 1 bouquet garni, wrapped in cheesecloth, tied with kitchen twine:
- 1 tbsp pickling spices
- 14 whole cloves
- 8 whole black peppercorns
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 2 sprigs parsley
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 slices bacon, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1⁄2 cup golden raisins
- 6 gingersnaps, crumbled
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- Kosher salt, to taste
Directions
- Season beef liberally with salt in large bowl. Bring wine, vinegar, 1
onion, carrot, bouquet garni, and 4 cups water to a boil in a 4-qt.
saucepan; pour over beef. Cover and refrigerate, turning once or
twice a day, for 5 days. Remove beef from marinade; pour marinade
through a fine strainer into a bowl, and dry beef thoroughly.
(Reserve 5 cups of the marinade and the bouquet garni.) Heat 2 tbsp.
butter and bacon in an 8-qt. Dutch oven over medium-high heat; cook
until bacon renders its fat, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a
plate; set aside. Add beef; cook, turning, until browned all over,
about 25 minutes. Transfer to a plate; set aside.
- Heat oven to 325°. Add remaining onions to pot; cook, stirring, until
caramelized, about 18 minutes. Return beef to pot with reserved
marinade and sachet; boil. Cover; bake until beef is very tender,
about 2 1⁄2 hours. Transfer beef to a platter; pour sauce through a
fine strainer into a bowl.
- Return pot to medium-high heat; add remaining butter. Add flour and
sugar; cook, whisking constantly, until lightly browned, about 5
minutes. Add sauce, raisins, gingersnaps, and juice; return beef to
sauce. Bring to a simmer, cover pot, and cook until slightly reduced,
about 10 minutes. Thinly slice beef; arrange on a platter. Spoon
sauce over top; sprinkle with bacon and parsley
Notes
- Yield: Serves 8-10
- Next time, try chuck roast instead of rump roast and reduce cooking
time to 2 hours total. (4.5 pound rump roast at 2.5 hours resulted in
dry meat.) Reserve more marinade for gravy than the five cups
recommended.