Sauerbraten Burgers

By Addie

“At Grandma's, just a few changes of ingredients turned ordinary hamburgers into something really special.”

MY NOTES: The ground beef mixture could be made into meatballs too.

Ingredients

• 3 slices dry bread
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 pound ground beef
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1/4 cup cider vinegar
• 8 gingersnap cookies, crushed
• 12 whole cloves
• 6 bay leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Tear bread into small pieces. Combine the bread and hot water in a large bowl. Stir until bread is moistened.


Add ground beef, onion, egg and salt to bread mixture and mix well. Shape the mixture into 4 patties.


Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown ground beef patties in hot butter. Reduce heat to low.


Combine the water, vinegar, gingersnap cookies, cloves and bay leaves in a medium bowl and mix well. Pour over the patties.


Cook, covered, for 45 minutes. Remove and discard cloves and bay leaves before serving. Serve patties with skillet juices.
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REVIEWS:

Grandma's Secret Tips!

These tasty German-style meat patties keep very well in the refrigerator for a day or two, and, as Grandma often said, \"It's as easy to cook eight patties as it is to cook four.\" So she often doubled the recipe and stored the extra cooked patties in the refrigerator for a second meal. For a change, she served them on buns the second night.