Recipe - Three-Meat Stew With Vegetables (Pichelsteine

1 tablespoon Lard
1 One fourth pound Pork and beef as well as
lamb or mutton (mutton
gives
An excellent flavor), cut
into Three fourths inch cubes
2 md To 3 md onions, minced
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Crushed marjoram
3 md Potatoes, peeled and finely
minced
1 small Celery root, peeled and
minced , OR 4 celery
Stalks, diagonally cut or sliced up
One half pound Carrots, peeled and
diagonally cut or sliced up
1 lg Leek (white part only),
washed and cut or sliced up
2 cup Beef stock
Chopped fresh parsley

Heat the lard in a heavy bottomed pot (or ovenproof Pyrex casserole or the
like). Lightly sear and mix together the meat cubes and the onions; season
with salt, an ample amount of pepper, and a very little bit of crushed
marjoram. Remove two thirds of the meat and onions from the pot and set
aside.

Mix the potatoes and vegetables together; spread a third of these over the
bottom layer of meat cubes in the pot or casserole. Sprinkle with salt and
a little pepper. Alternate 2 more layers of meat with 2 more layers of
vegetables. Each layer should be separately seasoned with salt and pepper;
the top layer MUST consist of vegetables and potatoes. Pour in the beef
stock. Cover tightly and cook over mediumlow heat for just about 2 hours.
Cooking in a 350 degrees F oven is also possible. You should not stir the
stew, but you can tilt the pot back and forth to circulate the liquid and
prevent the bottom layer from burning. Serve sprinkled with chopped
parsley.

Variations:

Savoy cabbage is frequently added to the roster of vegetables, and it
tastes delicious. Sliced kohlrabi would be fine as well.

For a truly gourmet 'Pichelsteiner', 6 to 8 slices of bone marrow should be
briefly sauteed with the onions at the beginning, then added to one of the
inbetween layers of meat. Doubling of ingredients is advisable.
Pichelsteiner tastes excellent reheated.

Makes 4 servings.

From: THE CUISINES OF GERMANY by Horst Scharfenberg, Simon &
Schuster/Poseidon Press, New York. 1989 Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking
Echo, 8/92

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