Sauerbraten - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. bottom round steak or beef shoulder
garlic (if desired)
2 tsp. salt
pepper
2 c. vinegar
2 c. water
1/2 c. sliced onion
2 bay leaves
1 tsp. peppercorns
1/4 c. sugar

Preparation

Rub meat with a cut surface of garlic, salt and pepper.
Place in bowl.
Heat vinegar, water, onion, bay leaves, peppercorns and sugar together, but do not boil.
Pour hot mixture over meat; cover bowl and let stand in cool compartment of refrigerator 4 to 8 days, turning meat each day.