Scrumptious Sunday ~ Sauerbraten & Potato Pancakes

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SAUERBRATEN

3 pound chuck roast
2 cups vinegar
2 cups water
2 teaspoons Wyler's beef granules or 2 tablespoons beef bouillon paste
1 medium onion, thinly sliced into rings, separated
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon white pepper
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoons ground cloves
6-10 gingersnaps

• In a medium saucepan blend all the ingredients together except the ginger snaps. Heat, but do not boil.
  
• Pour over the roast in a tight sealed Tupperware marinader. Marinate 48-72 hours, turning twice daily.
• On the 3rd day remove the roast from the marinade, drain well saving all marinade and brown* on both sides and all edges.
• Put roast in roasting pan and pour marinade over top. Bake for 3 hours covered and undisturbed.
  
• During the last 30 minutes add the gingersnaps to the liquid and allow them to soften. If you are going to want more gravy than there is liquid, add a can of beef consomme at this time.
• Remove bay leaves. If you prefer you can use whole cloves (8-10) and tie those and the bay leaves into a cheesecloth bag that can be more easily removed.
  
• Remove roast from pan and whisk in roux until desired gravy consistency is reached.
  

*Browning will take longer because of the vinegar in the marinade.

POTATO PANCAKES

2 cups peeled, grated & squeezed* potatoes
1 bunch green onions, minced
3/4 cups Bisquick
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, beaten
3 tablespoons butter, melted

Sift together the Bisquick, salt, buttermilk, egg and butter until smooth. Fold in the potatoes and onions. Drop onto hot griddle and make your pancakes. Serve with applesauce and sour cream or with the Sauerbraten gravy.

*I use a flour cloth towel as my base. I grate the potatoes on top of it and then bring all the corners together like a knapsack wrapping the potatoes inside. I continue to tighten the turns until I squeezed all the moisture from the potatoes.

I do the memes: Menu Plan Monday hosted by Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie, Favorite Ingredient Friday hosted by Kathryn at Overwhelmed with Joy, Freezer Food Friday hosted by MJ at mjpuzzlemom, Scrumptious Sunday hosted by Meredith at Mercedes Rocks and Slow Cooking Thursday hosted by Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom. Doing them all make great additions to help keeping me on track and finding so new recipes!