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Beef In Sour Cream Sauce

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Meats, Dairy Czech Cookery, Czech 8 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 Beef Roast, Boneless
Sirloin TipEye Rnd
about 4 lbs.
2 Thin Bacon, cut in narrow
strips
2 Onions, peeled and chopped
1 Carrot, scraped and diced
1 c Chopped Celery
8 Peppercorns
4 Whole Allspice
2 Bay Leaves
1/4 t Thyme, dried
1 t Salt
Red Wine Vinegar
2 T Flour
2 c Sour Cream

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut gashes in meat. With a larding needle, insert strips of bacon into
gashes. Tie meat with string and place in a crock or kettle. Add next
8 ingredients; cover with equal parts of red wine vinegar and water.
Leave to marinate for 24 hours. Turn over 1 or 2 times during
marinating. Spoon vegetables, seasonings and liquid into a shallow
baking dish; place meat on top of them. Roast, uncovered, in a
preheated moderate oven (325øF.) , allowing 35 to 40 mins per pound,
to desired degree of doneness. When finished cooking, remove from
oven. Take meat from the pan. Keep warm. Strain drippings and liquid.
Put strained liquid into a saucepan; stir in flour. Cook slowly,
stirring with a whisk or fork, until thickened. Add sour cream; leave
on stove long enough to heat. Slice meat and serve covered with  sauce.
Serves 8.  NOTES : This meat dish, commonly called Svickova, has an
appealing  sweet-sour flavor.  Recipe by: The Eastern European
Cookbook-ISBN 0-486-23562-9  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Rfm"
<Robert-Miles@usa.net> on Dec  06, 98, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 463
Calories From Fat: 339
Total Fat: 37.9g
Cholesterol: 109.4mg
Sodium: 400.4mg
Potassium: 370.6mg
Carbohydrates: 8.6g
Fiber: 1.4g
Sugar: 3.5g
Protein: 21.7g


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