Preparation

Start with cutting carrots, celery, onion and parsnips into small pieces.
Put the bacon fat in a large pan and fry it until it gets brown.
Add meat, spices and salt. Then add water till all of the meat is under it.
Stew it until the meat gets tender. Sometimes it is necessary to add more water. Next take the cooked meat out.
Puree the vegetables separately.
Add cream and sour to the pot and simmer it for a while.
Sauce should be thick enough; add vinegar, sugar and lemon rind.
Remove it from heat, slice the meat, put on plate and pour the sauce around the pieces.
Use cranberries as a decoration; put it around the meat.

Ingredients

  • Leg beef – 1 kg
  • Carrots – 3 medium pieces
  • Parsnips – 3 pieces
  • Celery root – 1 piece
  • Onions – 2 large pieces
  • Fat bacon – 120 grams
  • Heavy cream – 1 cup
  • Flour – 2 tablespoons (tbsp)
  • Vinegar – 1 tbsp
  • Peppercorns – 15 pieces
  • Allspice grains – 10 pieces
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp
  • Lemon – 1 grated rind
  • Cranberries
  • Bay leaf – 3 pieces
  • Thyme (dried) – 3 tbsp
  • Salt