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german style pot roast

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Robin Moede
Poway, CA

I made this for my mom, when she came to visit. She loved it. I used a pasta instead of the dumplings, but it was just as good.

(2 ratings)
yield 4 -6
prep time 20 Min
cook time 4 Hr 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For german style pot roast

  • 4 lb
    pot roast
  • 3-4 Tbsp
    flour
  • 1/8 tsp
    salt
  • 1/8 tsp
    black pepper
  • 4 Tbsp
    butter
  • 4
    cloves garlic
  • 1 lg
    onion, sliced
  • 12
    whole peppercorns
  • 5
    bay leaf
  • 12
    whole allspice
  • 1 pkg
    dry onion soup mix
  • 1 Tbsp
    grated horseradish
  • 1 c
    good rum or dry red wine
  • 1 c
    water
  • small whole carrots or large carrots, quartered
  • DUMPLINGS
  • 1 c
    flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp
    kosher salt
  • 1/2 c
    whole milk
  • 1 lg
    egg, lightly beaten

How To Make german style pot roast

  • 1
    Use this recipe for either regular meat, buffalo or venison.
  • 2
    Mash garlic and saute in butter.
  • 3
    Add salt & pepper to the flour. Dredge meat in flour.
  • 4
    Brown well on all sides in butter.
  • 5
    Lay meat on bed of sliced onion in large dutch oven.
  • 6
    Add the butter, spices, onion soup mix and seasonings.
  • 7
    Pour rum or wine over meat.
  • 8
    A good pot roast will supply most of its own juices, but pour the water over to make an ample supply of gravy.
  • 9
    Cover tightly and simmer 4+ hours (until the meat is tender), either in oven or on the stove top.
  • 10
    If carrots are wanted, add during last 1/2 hour of cooking.
  • 11
    Add dumplings last 12 minutes.
  • 12
    In a bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, thyme and salt.
  • 13
    In a measuring cup combine milk and egg. Mix well and add to flour mixture. Stir with a fork to make a lumpy dough (do not overmix - lumps are fine).
  • 14
    Drop dumpling mixture, by the heaping spoon full, over meat. Should make about 12 dumplings.
  • 15
    Cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until tester inserted in center of dumpling comes out clean.
  • 16
    When roast is done, remove to a hot round platter and surround with dumplings and carrots.
  • 17
    Stir gravy until smooth.
  • 18
    Pour over roast.
  • 19
    If fresh dill is available, cut it over dish with lavish hand.
  • 20
    *If the gravy is too thin, make a roux with the leftover flour. Stir it into boiling gravy.
  • 21
    **You can also make this in a crock pot. Extend cooking time to 8 hrs. and cook the dumplings for about 25 minutes.

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