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Sauerbraten

One of the best known German recipes, a marinated beef roast with ginger flavored gravy.

4 lb Beef Round Roast,Boneless
1/2 c Cider Vinegar
2 ea Onions,Thinly Sliced
1/4 c Vegetable Oil
8 ea Peppercorns
4 ea Cloves,Whole
2 c Water,boiling
1 ea Bay Leaf
10 ea Gingersnaps
1 c White Vinegar,Mild
1/2 c Sour Cream
1 T Flour

Place the beef roast in a deep ceramic or glass bowl. Add onions, peppercorns, cloves, and bay leaf. Pour white vinegar and cider vinegar over the meat; chill, covered, for 4 days. Turn meat twice each day. Remove the meat from the marinade, dry it well with paper towels, and strain the marinade into a bowl. Reserve onions and 1 cup marinade. In a Dutch oven brown the meat on all sides in hot vegetable oil. Pour boiling water around the meat. sprinkle in crushed gingersnaps, and simmer covered for 1 1/2 hours. Turn often. Add 1 cup of reserved marinade and cook meat 2 hours or more, until tender. Remove the meat and keep it warm. Strain the cooking juices into a large saucepan. In a small bowl mix sour cream with flour. Stir it into the cooking juices and cook, stirring, until sauce is thickened and smooth. Slice meat in 1/4 inch slices; add to hot gravy. Arrange meat on a heated plater and pour extra sauce over it.

Yield: 10 Servings

Sodium Category: ModerateSodium

Diabetic Exchanges
0.5 Starch
0 Fruit
0 Milk
0 Other Carbohydrates
0.5 Vegetable
4 Lean Meat
0 Very Lean Meat
2 Fat

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Helping
Servings Per Recipe 10

Amount Per Serving
Calories 459
Calories from Fat 268

% Daily Values *

Total Fat 30 gr
  Saturated Fat 4 gr
  Polyunsaturated Fat 4 gr
  Monounsaturated Fat 11 gr
Cholesterol 123 mg
Sodium 160 mg
Potassium 712 mg
Carbohydrates 10 gr
  Dietary Fiber 0.6gr
Protein 37 gr
45%
53%
 
 
41%
6%
18%
3%
2%
 

Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Calcium
Iron
2%
3%
4%
24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on
a 2000 calorie diet