Sauerbraten With Sweet And Sour Red Cabbage With Apple Recipes

TRADITIONAL SAUERBRATEN

Steps:

• Place beef rump roast, onions, vinegar, water, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 tablespoon black pepper, sugar, cloves, and bay leaves in a large pot. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 days, turning meat daily. Remove meat from marinade and pat dry with paper towels, reserving marinade.
• Season flour to taste with salt and black pepper in a large bowl. Sprinkle flour mixture over beef.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat; cook beef until brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Pour reserved marinade over beef, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until beef is tender, 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Remove beef to a platter and slice.
• Strain solids from remaining liquid and continue cooking over medium heat. Add gingersnap cookies and simmer until gravy is thickened about 10 minutes. Serve gravy over sliced beef.

RED CABBAGE AND APPLES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium size saucepan. Stir in cabbage and onion; fry until wilted. Stir in apple and water, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer about 25 minutes.
• Pour vinegar and sugar into the mixture while tasting for desired sweet and sour taste. Cook another 5 to 6 minutes.

SWEET-AND-SOUR CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine drippings or oil, brown sugar, vinegar, water, salt and pepper. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until hot, stirring occasionally. Add cabbage; cover and cook for 10 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Add apples, cook, uncovered, for about 10 minutes more or until tender, stirring occasionally.

SAUERBRATEN WITH SWEET AND SOUR RED CABBAGE WITH APPLE

Steps:

• FOR THE MEAT:.
• 3 to 4 days before serving, wipe the meat with a damp cloth, and then place in a large plastic bag.
• In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the vinegar, Coca-Cola, water, onions, celery, carrots, pepper, cloves, bay leaves, sugar and salt, and pour over the meat.
• Fasten bag tightly and lay flat in a 13 inch x 9 inch pan. Refrigerate, turning bag 2 or 3 times a day.
• When ready to cook, remove meat (saving the marinade), and dry well. Rub the surface lightly with flour.
• In a Dutch oven, heat the cooking oil and slowly brown the meat well on all sides.
• Add 1 cup of the marinade liquid, plus some of the vegetables and all 3 of the bay leaves.
• Cover tightly and simmer on surface heat or in a preheated 350 degree oven for 3 to 4 hours until the meat is fork-tender.
• If needed, add more of the marinade during cooking to keep at least 1/2 inch of liquid in the Dutch oven.
• Remove the meat and keep warm until ready to slice.
• Into a bowl, place the drippings and junk. Add a few ice cubes and allow to stand a few minutes until the fat floats to the top.
• Remove the fat carefully with a large spoon, and then make the gravy.
• FOR THE GRAVY:.
• In the Dutch oven, combine the gravy ingredients, stir and cook about 5 or 10 minutes over medium heat until gravy is thickened. Taste for seasonings.
• FOR THE CABBAGE WITH APPLE:.
• In a medium saucepan combine all ingredients.
• Simmer covered, for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Also place the marinade vegetables in a covered saucepan with 1 cup of water and simmer about 1/2 hour as side dish.
• NOTE: Also serve with either boiled or parsley potatoes, or you could serve with dumplings.

RED CABBAGE AND APPLE SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Remove any loose leaves from the cabbage head and reserve. Quarter the cabbage and thinly slice, on a mandoline if you have one. (The shreds should be about the thickness of a quarter.) Toss the cabbage in a large bowl with the pickling salt. Work the cabbage through your hands and massage for a minute or two, until the cabbage begins to "sweat" and release some water.
• Thinly slice, then julienne the green apple, leaving the peel on. (Again, use a mandoline if you have one.) Slice the ginger into coins and press with the side of your knife to bruise them slightly and release their oils. Add the apples, ginger and allspice berries to the cabbage and toss well. Let sit for an hour or two, until the cabbage has released quite a bit of water.
• Pack the cabbage mixture into a large, wide-mouthed crock and press down very firmly until the liquid the cabbage has released covers it. (Depending on the age of your cabbage, it may release less water; a fresher cabbage will release a lot of water, while a cabbage that has been stored all winter will release less.) If the cabbage is not covered, mix together 1 quart cold water and 4 1/2 teaspoons pickling salt until dissolved and pour over enough to cover the cabbage.
• Use a couple of the reserved whole cabbage leaves to cover the surface of the cabbage. Cover with a plate (or the weight provided, if you have a fermenting crock) and set something heavy on top to weight it. (You can use cans. Many people like to use a resealable plastic bag filled with the same salted water solution used above because it weights evenly and if it leaks, it doesn't ruin the fermentation process.) Store the crock in a cool, dry place.
• Check the kraut after 2 days. There should be a few bubbles around the sides. Skim any scum that has risen to the surface. Check the kraut every few days and repeat skimming, if needed. Depending on the temperature of your room, the kraut should be ready after about a week. (Some people ferment for a couple of weeks or more, depending on how funky they want their kraut to be.)
• Divide the kraut and pack into jars. Store in the refrigerator. Drain and rinse the kraut well (discarding any ginger pieces) before using.

SWEET AND SOUR RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Cut bacon into 1/2 inch pieces and fry in large pot; remove cooked bacon; add onion to bacon fat and brown lightly.
• Add cabbage and sprinkle with salt.
• Do not stir; cover and lower heat and cook for 3 minutes.
• Add vinegar, sugar, apple and cinnamon; stir well.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Mix in fried bacon and serve.
• A must served with Sauerbraten- German pot roast.

SAUERBRATEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown meat in batches. Transfer meat to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. , Place pickling spices and bay leaf on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Gather corners of cloth to enclose seasonings; tie securely with kitchen string. Add spice bag, 4 cups broth, onion, cabbage, ginger and cloves to slow cooker. Cook, covered, on high 3 hours., Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat remaining broth and gingersnaps over medium heat; cook and stir until thickened, about 10 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker; cook, covered, until meat is tender, about 1 hour longer. Discard spice bag. Serve with noodles.

SWEET AND SOUR RED CABBAGE AND APPLES

Steps:

• Mince garlic. If using a food processor to grate the cabbage, use it to mince the garlic; otherwise mince by hand.
• Grate whole cabbage.
• Heat oil in nonstick pan, and add garlic and cabbage. Saute over medium heat.
• Meanwhile wash, core and cut apples into bite-size chunks. Add to cabbage mixture, and stir well.
• Add remaining ingredients. Cover, and cook over low heat, until apples are tender, about 7 minutes.