Recipe Description:
A German classic! This is a slowcooked marinated beef has a sweet and sour taste. Enjoy with potato dumplings and braised cabbage.
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A German classic! This is a slowcooked marinated beef has a sweet and sour taste. Enjoy with potato dumplings and braised cabbage.
I love Sauerbraten!! Thanks for posting this-eager to try. Do you think I could switch out the flour for almond or coconut flour to go GF?
I would use arrowroot for the gravy if it were me. But I’m sure the others would work ok. If you use coconut flour you will probably have to use less.
Thanks! If I make it I’ll give some feedback. 🙂
I was taught to add raisins to the gravy for a sweet touch. We like it. And I was also taught to marinate it for a week. I will try this one though, the fridge is shorter clogged up with it 🙂
This recipe was given to me my friend Andrea, a native of Germany. This is her mother’s recipe. There are many variations, but I really like this one.
You can use an thickener you choose, I have made with cornstarch and arrowroot.
My In-laws are Germans in Germany, and I have had quite a few varieties of it as well. I usually use potato starch to thicken the sauce, this is was my German family and friends do. Sometimes I use flour as well, it all works. I have looked at some point at a German recipe site for sauerbraten and indeed the amount of recipes you find are numerous, it seems like every family has their own. Its really fun and nice. I have tried a few varieties, so far all called for a week of marinating, but shorter is nice.
Most of the recipes that I have seen also call for horse meat and honestly it does taste nice. In Germany you regularly get it made from horse. Also where I live in The Netherlands its fairly common to use horse meat. I also live in Switzerland where they also use it often. In the UK it was a total not-done. No idea how it work in the USA, but when you feel fine about it, try it, it tastes nice. Also horse steak tastes very nice.