Sauerbraten - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 lb. beef bottom round pot roast
1 pt. vinegar
water
4 bay leaves
12 peppercorns
4 cloves
1 small bunch carrots, sliced
6 onions, sliced
1 Tbsp. sugar
12 gingersnaps
salt and pepper

Preparation

Place meat, vinegar and water to cover roast and seasonings in a bowl.
Marinate 3 days (turning daily).
Remove roast to Dutch oven and brown.
Add carrots, onions and 1 cup marinade.
Cook 4 hours in a 350\u00b0 oven.
Remove roast and vegetables.
Add sugar and crumbled gingersnaps to liquid.
Cook until thickened.
Add more vinegar, salt and pepper, if desired.
Spoon some gravy over meat. Serve the rest separately.
Makes 8 servings.