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Given that there is a substantial German influence in Chile, is there anywhere in Santiago to get good Sour Beef/ Sauerbraten with Potato Dumplings? And to the harsher critics out there please no comments about how all the beef in Chile is sour.

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Vicki and Greg Lansen wrote:I make my own roladen and once found a few boxes of the instant mix for potato dumplings that worked out well.

Now I'm hungry!

Mmmm -- memories of my mother's rouladen! Her butcher would slice the meat paper thin and she would make a big batch. Some with bacon, some with onions, and some with pickles. The gravy was to die for.

If critics are not allowing You to have it, make it on Your own. I have some interesting recipes on potato dumplings and beefs. And trust me the dishes are wesome when ready.

In a somewhat related situation we made Corned Beef which uses similar ingredients; it had to pickle for a week but it was worth the wait. All the stuff you need is readily available in Chile. I know that you can also get electric slow-cookers here; both Corned Beef and Sauerbraten done that way should be pretty excellent.

ExpatBob wrote:In a somewhat related situation we made Corned Beef which uses similar ingredients; it had to pickle for a week but it was worth the wait. All the stuff you need is readily available in Chile. I know that you can also get electric slow-cookers here; both Corned Beef and Sauerbraten done that way should be pretty excellent.

We really need a recipe section.

If you can take the military marches as background music and the Pinochet memorabilia, then Lili Marleen supposedly has the best German food in Santiago.

Mmm,my dad makes great sauerbraten, I have a recipe somewhere that I can pull up if you want.

Both Lily Marleen and Tante Marlene are good for German food, but I don't recall seeing sauerbraten on the menu. Kind of funny story. Once when we went to Tante Malene and were sitting outside, the owner came specifically to our table to welcome me to the restaurant. Then he gave us a discount on the bill. The only reason we could think of for that is that I look German. I am from the US, but my dad's side is German/Czech/Hungarian and people often assume I am German.

gringalais wrote:Mmm,my dad makes great sauerbraten, I have a recipe somewhere that I can pull up if you want.

Both Lily Marleen and Tante Marlene are good for German food, but I don't recall seeing sauerbraten on the menu. Kind of funny story. Once when we went to Tante Malene and were sitting outside, the owner came specifically to our table to welcome me to the restaurant. Then he gave us a discount on the bill. The only reason we could think of for that is that I look German. I am from the US, but my dad's side is German/Czech/Hungarian and people often assume I am German.

Sounds like I will be buying a slow cooker then... Anyone have a good recipe?

For the Corned Beef recipe we used Alton Brown's version:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alto ... index.html

He also has a Sauerbraten recipe on the FOod Network site but we have not tried it. It does have a 5-star rating though.

ExpatBob wrote:For the Corned Beef recipe we used Alton Brown's version:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alto ... index.html

He also has a Sauerbraten recipe on the FOod Network site but we have not tried it. It does have a 5-star rating though.

Bob, where did you buy the saltpetre? And did you find kosher salt?

We used sea salt instead. The saltpeter we got as plain-old potassium nitrate/nitrato de potasio from a drogueria (in Uruguay, though- We spent a couple of dollars for a half-kilo which will last us until the next ice-age.), you might also be able to find it at a butcher shop that makes sausages. Alternatives are sodium nitrate, or alternatively a nitrite form in a smaller amount (the nitrate is converted to nitrite, which is the actual preservative, during the cure).
These guys: http://www.fumex.cl/quienes.html
have it listed in their fertilizer products for use in agriculture but it's the same chemical you eat in your hot dogs. Dunno if they sell it in small quantities but it's usually cheap stuff anyways.

http://caldera.olx.cl/nitrato-de-potasio-iid-22072818
shows a full kilo of it for $4000.