Barbarian Beef Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil. Add the beef broth, onions, garlic and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 2-1/2 hours or until beef is tender; reduce heat. , Combine flour and water until smooth; gradually stir into the beef mixture. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add sour cream and heat through (do not boil). Serve over rice with sauerkraut on the side.

Steps:

• Wash the sauerkraut in cold water, and drain. Wash and drain again, squeezing it to eliminate as much water as possible.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees, and heat the duck fat or oil in a large ovenproof casserole.
• Season the duck legs with salt and freshly ground pepper, and brown them on both sides. Remove the duck legs to a plate, leaving the duck fat that has accumulated in the pan. Add the onions, the garlic, and the carrots, and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are translucent. Scatter the sauerkraut over the vegetables, and stir to incorporate. Tuck the duck legs into the sauerkraut, then add the juniper berries or gin, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Pour in the white wine and enough chicken broth almost to cover the sauerkraut. Bring to a boil on top of the stove, cover, and remove to the oven to cook for 2 hours, or until the liquid is absorbed by the sauerkraut.
• While the sauerkraut is cooking, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water, and then peel. Sauté the sausages or hot dogs in a hot pan, or boil them for about 5 minutes.
• Take the sauerkraut out of the oven and taste, adjusting the seasoning if necessary. Add the potatoes, sausages or hot dogs, and corned beef to the casserole, and return to the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. Remove the corned beef and slice against the grain. Serve on a large platter with piles of sauerkraut, duck legs, sausages, corned beef slices, and potatoes, and with a variety of mustards or mustard sauce and horseradish alongside.
• Put the mustard and the vinegar in a small bowl and stir together. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, and slowly whisk in the oil.
• Just before serving, stir in the shallots, chives, parsley, and, if you like, the pickle.

Steps:

• Trim fat from roast.
• In a large skillet, brown roast on all sides in hot oil.
• Meanwhile in place carrots, onions, 3/4 pickles, and celery in crock pot.
• Place meat on top of veggies, cutting the roast to fit, if necessary.
• In a small bowl, combine wine or broth, mustard, pepper, cloves and bay leaves.
• Pour over meat.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours; or HIGH for 4 to 5 hours.
• Remove meat from pot and place on platter, keeping warm.
• For gravy: transfer the cooking liquid to a 2 quart saucepan.
• Skim off fat and remove bay leaves.
• Stir together the flour and the remaining 2 tablespoons wine or broth.
• Stir into the gravy mixture.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened an bubbly.
• Add vegetables and stir one or two more minutes more to warm up vegetables.
• Serve the meat with vegetable gravy and noodles.
• Garnish with chopped pickles and bacon.