Schlemmertopf Sauerbraten

By RossanaV

Ingredients

• 3 pounds beef shoulder
• 2 t. salt
• pepper
• 2 cups vinegar
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon peppercorns
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 cloves
• 4 oz. sliced bacon
• 1 cup sweet cream

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 75mins

Preparation

Step 1

Rub meat with salt and pepper and place in bowl. Heat vinegar, water, onion, bay leaves, peppercorns and sugar together. Pour hot mixture over meat, cover bowl, and let stand in cool place 4 days, turning meat each day. Drain, saving vinegar mixture. Soak lid of Glazed Schlemmertopf.
Place bacon in bottom of Schlemmertopf, add meat and cover. Put into cold oven and turn temperature to 425 degrees F. Bake for 1 hour. Add warm vinegar mixture and spices, return to oven, bake for another 60 minutes. Remove meat and keep warm.
Pour strained gravy into saucepan and thicken with flour or corn starch, add cream.