[Sca-cooks] Sauerbraten Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 20, Issue 145

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> No, I have not found Sauerbraten as in marinated then
> braised and served with Gingersnap gravy.  What I have
> found are a number of recipes that have you take a
> roast of beef, marinate it overnight in a couple of
> ways then roast them (on a spit)  and serve with a
> sauce made of the marinade.

That's the sort of Sauerbraten I'm familiar with. I asked my friend 
Aegidius who was born in Germany and he was mystified by the gingersnaps 
too.

These recipes sound great...
 
> and number 47 is translated on my website:
> Take a beef roast/ and marinate it overnight / put
> half water and half vinegar/ also crushed garlic/ in
> the broth (brine)/ and a little salt/ let the roast
> lie therein over night/ the next morning early take it
> from the brine/ and salt it/ stick it on (a
> rotisserie?)/ and let it roast. Take the brine/ in
> which the roast was marinated/ pour it off/ so the
> thick (particles) remain on the bottom (of the
> marinating bowl)/ put it into a small Fishpot/ with a
> little crushed pepper/ and fresh unmelted butter/ and
> let it simmer/ set a tinned fryingpan under the roast
> and pour this over the roast/ so it is a good meal for
> Hungarian and Polish gentlemen.
> 
> Recipe 50 uses juniper and cumin and vinegar marinated
> overnight.
> 
> In Service
> Gwen Cat
> always playing catch up on digests....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:27:34 -0500
> > From: Kerri Martinsen <kerrimart at cablespeed.com>
> > Subject: [Sca-cooks] Sauerbraten
> > To: SCA Cooks <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
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> > 
> > I'm trying to document sauerbraten for an upcoming
> > feast.  What I have found
> > says "no, not in period"  Closest thing is 1790s. 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Vitha
> > 
> 
> 
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