{"id":6872,"slug":"sauerbraten","title":"SAUERBRATEN","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["a piece of cross-rib or middle cut of chuck about three pounds","boiling vinegar (enough to cover; you may take one-third water)","four bay leaves","some whole peppercorns","cloves (whole)","whole mace","one tablespoon drippings","one or two onions","salt","flour (for thickening)"],"ingredients_norm":["cross rib or middle cut of chuck about pound","boiling vinegar","bay leaf","whole peppercorn","clove","whole mace","dripping","onion","salt","flour"],"steps":["Take a piece of cross-rib or middle cut of chuck about three pounds, and put it in a deep earthen jar.","Pour enough boiling vinegar over it to cover; you may take one-third water.","Add to the vinegar when boiling four bay leaves, some whole peppercorns, cloves and whole mace.","Pour this over the meat and turn it daily.","In summer three days is the longest time allowed for the meat to remain in this pickle; but in winter eight days is not too long.","When ready to boil, heat one tablespoon drippings in a stew-pan.","Cut up one or two onions in it; stew until tender and then put in the beef, salting it on both sides before stewing.","Stew closely covered and if not acid enough add some of the brine in which it was pickled.","Stew about three hours and thicken the gravy with flour."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w22:1","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"ee686ef57014d4b2dc1ae4ad4d83b9646de6d651fd998e8395209be0805f150e","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:56:16Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/sauerbraten"}