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Sour Pot Roast (Surstek)

Erken's sour pot roast from 1914: 3 kg beef is marinated overnight in vinegar and water, rubbed with salt and pepper, browned in butter and simmered under a lid for 1 1/2 hours with boiling water. The sauce is a brown roux extended with stock and sour cream, seasoned with sugar and vinegar. Variant: place the meat in fresh milk for two days and extend with the soured milk.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 166 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Sour pot roast is an old Norwegian way of tenderizing and flavoring beef by placing it in a vinegar marinade or soured milk. Erken gives both variants in "Stor kokebok" from 1914.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Place the meat in marinade

    Wash the roast and place it overnight in a mixture of vinegar and water.

  2. 2

    Season

    Dry the roast well and rub it with mixed salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Brown the meat

    Brown the butter in a heavy-bottomed pot and brown the roast on all sides.

  4. 4

    Braising

    Extend with boiling water and let the roast simmer under a lid for about 1 1/2 hours.

  5. 5

    Sauce

    Brown the butter, stir in the flour and extend with the strained and skimmed stock and the sour cream. Let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes and season with sugar and vinegar.

  6. 6

    Variant with sour milk

    The roast can instead be placed in fresh milk and left until the milk sours (2 days). After browning, it is then extended with the soured milk, cream and water.

Changes from the original

"1/2 bottle of vinegar" is estimated at about 3 dl of 7% vinegar, and "1 del." is written as 1 dl. The cooking vessel is modernized to a heavy-bottomed pot. Other amounts are unchanged.

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To19141949Modernised
1914 (proofread, p. 166) → Modernised~81% of the text changedremovedadded
3 kg. kjøt kg oksekjøtt til steking (f.eks. bog eller mørbrad). 1 l. vand 1/2 flaske l vann (til lake). 3 dl eddik (tilsvarer «1/2 flaske»). 2 teskeer salt ts salt. 1 teske pepper ts pepper. 100 gr. smør. Saus: g smør (til bruning). 5 dl kokende vann (til spedning). 50 gr. g smør (til sausen). 50 gr. g hvetemel 3/4 l. (til sausen). 7,5 dl kraft (silt og skummet). 1 teske sukker ts sukker. 1 teske eddik ts eddik. 1 del. sur fløte. Steken vaskes, lægges dl rømme (sur fløte). Vask steken og legg den natten over i en blanding av eddik og vand. Steken tørres, indgnides vann.. Tørk steken godt og gni den inn med det blandede pepper blandet salt og salt. Smørret brunes pepper.. Brun smøret i jerngryte; heri brunes nu kjøttet paa en tykkbunnet gryte og brun steken på alle kanter, paaspædes det kanter.. Spe med kokende vand, smaasurrer vann og la steken småkoke under lok lokk i ca. 1 1/2 time. Sausen: Smørret brunes, irøres melet, spædes time.. Brun smøret, rør inn melet og spe med den silede silte og skummede kraft kraften og fløten, smaakoker rømmen. La sausen småkoke i 10 minutter, tilsættes minutter og smak til med sukker og eddik. Man eddik.. Steken kan ogsaa lægge steken i nysilet stedet legges i nysilt melk og la den staa, stå til melken blir sur (2 døgn); naar kjøttet er brunet, spædes døgn). Etter bruning spes det da med den sure melk, melken, fløte og vand. vann.

Note on Modernised

«1/2 flaske eddik» er anslått til ca. 3 dl 7 % eddik, og «1 del.» er skrevet som 1 dl. Kokekar er modernisert til en tykkbunnet gryte. Mengder ellers uendret.

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Frequently asked questions

How long should the roast sit in the marinade?
The meat is placed in a mixture of 1 liter of water and 1/2 bottle of vinegar and left overnight. Alternatively, the roast can be placed in fresh milk and left until the milk sours, about 2 days.
How long is the cooking time?
After the meat is browned on all sides in browned butter, it is extended with boiling water and braised under a lid for 1 1/2 hours.
How is the sauce made?
50 g butter is browned, 50 g wheat flour is stirred in, and it is extended with 3/4 liter of strained and skimmed stock plus 1 dl sour cream. The sauce simmers 10 minutes and is seasoned with 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vinegar.
How many servings does the recipe make?
The recipe is figured for 10 servings and uses 3 kg of meat. It is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), p. 166.

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