Sauerbraten With Sweet And Sour Red Cabbage With Apple

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 lbs sirloin tip roast or 4 lbs rump roast
• 1 1/2 cups vinegar
• 1 cup coca-cola
• 3/4 cup water
• 3 medium onions (sliced)
• 2 medium celery ribs (sliced)
• 2 medium carrots (sliced)
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 10 whole cloves
• 3 whole bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• flour
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• dripping, plus strained marinade
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 5 tablespoons ginger snaps, crumbs
• 8 cups shredded red cabbage
• 2 tart green apples (peeled and chopped)
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup vinegar

Recipe

• 1 for the meat:.
• 2 3 to 4 days before serving, wipe the meat with a damp cloth, and then place in a large plastic bag.
• 3 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.
• 4 fasten bag tightly and lay flat in a 13 inch x 9 inch pan. refrigerate, turning bag 2 or 3 times a day.
• 5 when ready to cook, remove meat (saving the marinade), and dry well. rub the surface lightly with flour.
• 6 in a dutch oven, heat the cooking oil and slowly brown the meat well on all sides.
• 7 add 1 cup of the marinade liquid, plus some of the vegetables and all 3 of the bay leaves.
• 8 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.
• 9 if needed, add more of the marinade during cooking to keep at least 1/2 inch of liquid in the dutch oven.
• 10 remove the meat and keep warm until ready to slice.
• 11 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.
• 12 remove the fat carefully with a large spoon, and then make the gravy.
• 13 for the gravy:.
• 14 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.
• 15 for the cabbage with apple:.
• 16 in a medium saucepan combine all ingredients.
• 17 simmer covered, for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 18 also place the marinade vegetables in a covered saucepan with 1 cup of water and simmer about 1/2 hour as side dish.
• 19 note: also serve with either boiled or parsley potatoes, or you could serve with dumplings.