Sauerbraten

14 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons pickling spice
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup dry red wine
  • 1 cup Burgundy
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 (4-pound) sirloin tip roast
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3/4 cup crushed gingersnaps (about 12)

Directions

  1. 1
    Tie pickling spice in a cheesecloth bag.
  2. 2
    Combine spice bag, onion, and next 7 ingredients in a shallow dish or large heavy-duty zip-top plastic bag; add roast. Cover or seal, and chill 8 hours, turning occasionally.
  3. 3
    Remove roast from marinade, reserving marinade.
  4. 4
    Brown roast in hot oil in a Dutch oven. Remove roast, reserving drippings in pan. Whisk flour and sugar into reserved drippings, and cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, 2 minutes or until browned. Gradually stir in reserved marinade. Return roast to pan; bring mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 2 1/2 hours.
  5. 5
    Discard spice bag and bay leaves. Remove roast, reserving drippings in pan; slice and keep warm.
  6. 6
    Stir gingersnaps into reserved drippings in Dutch oven; simmer, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Pour mixture through a colander into a bowl. Press vegetables through colander with back of a spoon. Serve gravy with roast.

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