
Beef and red wine pot roast (sauerbraten)
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SmartPoints® value per serving
Total Time
2 hr 45 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
2 hr 15 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Moderate
Sauerbraten is a much loved German Christmas dish of red wine and beef pot roast. The meat is marinated for two days for a robust flavour and is cooked slowly to make it super tender.
Ingredients
Lean beef round steak
1000 g, (Buy 1.25kg)
Cooking salt
2 tsp
Fresh thyme
3 tsp, 3 sprigs
Fresh flat-leaf parsley
2 tsp, 2 sprigs
Red wine
310 ml, (1¼ cups)
Red wine vinegar
½ cup(s), (125ml)
Carrot(s)
1 medium, thinly sliced
Cloves
1 tsp
Peppercorn
1 tsp
Fresh bay leaf
3 whole
Brown onion
3 medium, thinly sliced
Olive oil
1 tbs
Shortcut bacon
125 g, thinly sliced
Plain flour
2 tbs
Sultanas
¼ cup(s)
Lemon juice
1 tbs
Asparagus
3 bunch(es)
Ginger biscuits
3 individual, gingersnaps or gingernut, crumbled
Fresh flat-leaf parsley
¼ cup(s), chopped