Austrian Tafelspitz With Apple Horseradish Sauce Emperors Boiled Beef Recipes

TAFELSPITZ (BOILED BEEF AUSTRIAN STYLE)

Steps:

• Put beef and bones into a soup pot and add water to cover.
• Add salt, peppercorns and cleaned vegetables.
• Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer about 3 hours or until beef is tender, but not falling apart.
• Strain the bouillon and season to taste with salt, white pepper and nutmeg.
• Save and serve as first course.
• Slice beef and vegetables and serve with plain horseradish, apple-horseradish sauce or Chive Sauce.
• To make the Chive Sauce, Soak bread crumbs in cold water then squeeze dry.
• Combine bread crumbs and egg yolks in Cuisinart.
• Add olive oil a little at a time.
• Season with salt, pepper, sugar and vinegar.
• Add chives and mix well.

TAFELSPITZ (AUSTRIAN BOILED BEEF) WITH APPLE-HORSERADISH

Steps:

• Char onion on cut side over open flame or by placing cut-side down in cast-iron skillet over high heat. Place in 16-quart stockpot with carrots, parsnip, celery root, celery, leek and beef bones. Add 8 quarts cold water. Bring to boil, and cook 10 minutes, skimming constantly. Add beef, allow to boil 5 minutes and skim.
• Reduce heat to simmer, and cook, skimming from time to time, 1 hour. Add 1 tablespoon sea salt, peppercorns, bay leaves and garlic. Tie herbs together, and add. Continue simmering 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until meat is very tender.
• While meat is cooking, mix horseradish and apple with lemon juice, and set aside.
• Remove meat from pot, and cover with foil. Line large sieve or colander with cheesecloth or linen napkin, and place over very large bowl. Pour in contents of pot. Do not press liquid from vegetables. Transfer strained broth to 6-quart saucepan.
• Set carrots, parsnip, celery root and celery stalks aside. Discard everything else. Peel and dice carrots, parsnip and celery root. Dice celery stalks. Set aside.
• Gently reheat broth. Add salt to taste. Serve some of the broth as a first course, with diced celery root, parsnip and celery stalks. Then serve meat. If it needs to be reheated, steam briefly over remaining broth. Slice meat 1/2-inch thick across grain. Place in soup plates, with diced carrots, moisten with hot broth, and top with apple-horseradish, sea salt and chives. Serve.

BOILED BEEF WITH HORSERADISH SAUCE.. AUSTRIAN

Steps:

• In a large pot, place roast with the salt and water.
• Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Then bring slowly to a boil, skimming frequently.
• Add onion, carrot, turnip, celery, leek, and spices-- cover lower heat and simmer 2 1/2 hours or until meat is very tender, when pierced with a fork.
• Drain the beef, and place on a serving platter, covering to keep warm.
• Strain the stock pressing all the vegetables to extract all the juices.
• Taste stock for seasoning, and remove one cup of stock to make the sauce.
• Serve the rest of the stock as a soup, before eating the beef.
• For the sauce-- Melt the butter, saute the onion over med.
• heat until soft.
• Stir in the flour, and cook until lightly browned.
• Add the one cup of stock, horseradish and lemon juice along with salt, pepper, and sugar, to taste.
• Bring sauce to a boil, stirring, simmer 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add the cream.
• Serve the beef with boiled potatoes, and the sauce seperately--.