Cook vinegar, water, sliced onion and seasoning together for 10 minutes.
Steep beef in this marinade for 2 or 3 days. Drain (save liquid!). Brown meat
and marrow bone in hot fat. Add the onion, tomato and 1/2 cup of the marinade, ccover and simmer for 1 hour. Turn the meat in remaining liquid so that it is
coated on all sides. Carve and put on a warm platter.
For sauce, Mix flour with pan liquid until smooth. Add the rest of the
marinade and stir until smooth and thickened. Sauerbraten sauce calls for
more ample ingrdients than other sauces. Add, to taste, a little vinegar or
lemon juice, a pich of sugar, salt, a little fresh butter and a tablspoon
of cream or wine. Strain and pour over meat or serve as a seperate sauce.
Serve with potatoes, dumplings or Spaetzle.
Spaetzle
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4 cups flour
3 eggs
1 cup water
1 tbls salt
Prepare a firm dough from the eggs. flour, water and salt. Beat until it comes eeasily away from the bowl. Form dumplings and cook in boiling salted water.
skim them from the top, dip in cold water and serve on a hot platter. Spaetzle
may also be browned in a little butter before serving.
A note... I have a wonder kitchen gadget - a spaetzle maker! You should
be able to find one for about $15/US at any quality kitchen store. It is
the BEST kitchen gadget I own! There are many ways to 'form' the dumplings.
You can do it by hand, though tedious, because traditional spaetzle is small.
I have read and tried to press them through a large-holed caulander, but it
doesn't work very well. The spaetzle maker is like a flat grater w/ a sliding
hopper on top. You place the dough in the hopper, place the gadget over the
pan of boiling water, and work the hopper back-n-forth... wonderful, little
dumplings drop into the pan! It wonderful! And best of all, FUN! AND GOOD TO
EAT! Try the leftover spaetzle for breakfast: brown/fry it in a skillet and
and cinnamon and sugar!
My favorite main dish for spaetzle is cutlets w/ paprika gravy. INCREDIBLE!