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The techniques remain today because of tradition and a deeply ingrained love of the flavours. Pickling and fermenting were key techniques used long ago to preserve food in a northern climate with a long chilly winter.

Germans have become the master of elevating 'tangy' to new culinary heights. Many of Germany's dishes contain an element of sour - whether it's the sour pickles used in Rouladen, or the sublte lacing of vinegar in an Eintopf, or the unabashed pucker-inducing tang of a dish of hearty Sauerkraut. 'Tangy' is the key word in today's recipe. If I had to describe German cooking, it would be with the words savoury, piquant, and tangy. Since we've become a gluten-free family, I've adapted that recipe with a few modifications, and it is just as fantastic. It's the one that stuck and which I then made for my family over the years. Like many German foods, it's not a really pretty sounding name, is it? The recipe is actually one I got from a German student, when we compiled a cookbook of international family recipes in my grade three class years ago. Translated directly, the word means 'sour roast'. So, when I was newly married I wanted to learn about this Sauerbraten. She made big meaty casseroles and stewed chicken with homemade noodles. She cooked beautiful roasts and cabbage rolls and savoury Strudel. She made headcheese and a kind of absolutely delicious loose sausage, kind of like haggis (we called it Knipp). She made her own cottage cheese and Kochkäse (cooked cheese). She also pickled raw herring and fried herring, pickled fried peppers and stuffed peppers, made her own sauerkraut, fermented huge crocks of cucumber pickles, and green tomatoes, and little apples. My mom marinated lots of meats and fish in vinegar solutions before roasting or frying them. I didn't grow up with Sauerbraten, though the flavour profile is familiar to my tastebuds. What is S auerbraten? It's basically a tangy marinated German pot roast, a wonderful Sunday dinner and a special comfort food. Want a special dish for your next Sunday dinner? How about a tangy German Sauerbraten - a wonderfully flavoured, simmered pot roast with a fantastic gravy? Oom-pa-pah! Bring on the Lederhosen! ( Skip to recipe)īeing German, I should have a decent recipe for Sauerbraten on this site, shouldn't I? It's time to rectify that omission. Inspire and be inspired.SHARES Facebook 94 Pinterest Messenger SMS Share Take 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community and follow us on Facebook to get recipes in your newsfeed daily.

Add the gingersnaps to the cooking liquid and cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Remove meat and allow to rest about 10 minutes.

Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer until roast is tender, 3 to 4 hours.

Sprinkle the flour over the meat to lightly cover.

When ready to cook, remove the meat from the marinade and pat dry.

Cover and refrigerate for two days, turning meat often.

Put the roast into a large pot along with the onions, red wine vinegar, water, salt, pepper, cloves and bay leaves.10 cookies gingersnap cookies, crumbled.Serve with potato dumplings, Bratkartoffein (German potatoes), potato salad or spaetzle. The meat in this easy recipe marinates for two days, so plan accordingly. Sauerbraten is regarded as the national dish of Germany, and is meat that has been marinated and then slow cooked. When many people think of German food, Sauerbraten is often the first dish to come to mind.