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Directions
Spiessbraten, Idar-Oberstein Style,This is a traditional recipe from my home town, Idar-Oberstein, in Germany. The meat is grilled on hardwood fire, using a metal tripod with a fire pan attached to the bottom of the tripod legs and the actual grilling surface hanging from the top of the tripod. If you are interested in a picture of this type of grill, let me know and I will post one. You can use any kind of meat with this recipe. Even half chickens turn out wonderful. Our favorite is pork tenderloin, however. The spice measurements are per pound of meat, so you cannot go wrong if you stick to these measurements. We figure that one pound of meat serves two people nicely. The “pinches” in the measurements are my Mom’s pinches: pick up as much as your thumb, index and middle finger can hold.,Permit me to take you back to 1964-5, Idar-Oberstein. I was renting a home there with 3 fellow Officers while serving at the 48th Ordnance Co., Baumholder. They were in an Armored Cav. unit. Headed up to the grass runway of a small “flughafen” atop the highest hill overlooking the Idarbach River was a most wonderful Speisbraten private home-restaurant, Flugplatz-Gaststtte, that served only on weekends. Their grates were 4 1/2 to 5 feet across, swinging over the wood-fired pits of equal size. All would be seated at outdoor picnic tables, semi-chilled Moninger Bier the specialty from Karlsruhe aplenty, awaiting the feast. The meats were in 5-6 inch chunks, Schweinefleisch (pork) on one grate und Rindfleisch (beef) on the other. One chunk of each was served with white asparagus und curly pickled white radish. PERFECT.,I was stationed at Baumholder with my first wife from 1974 to 1979. We liked it so much we stayed an extra year. In the mid seventies there was a festival each July in some kind of fair grounds northwest from downtown Idar-Oberstein. It was a festival that featured Spiesbraten. People were out there cooking it over their tripod schwenkers. You could buy it from them and sit outside and eat it. It was awesome. I thank you because Ive been trying to get a good recipe for years. Now if I could only get a great schwenker like the one you have pictured. Many thanks for bringing back great memories.
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Steps
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Mix the Spices With Your Hands, Squeezing the Onions Until They Get Juicy. |
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Place Some of the Spice Mixture in a Dish, Place the Meat on Top and Cover With the Rest of the Mixture. |
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Cover the Dish and Marinate For at Least 3 Hours or Up to 6 Hours. I Don't Recommend to Marinate Over Night Because the Onions Will Turn Bitter. |
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Fire Up the Grill and When It Has Its Cooking Temperature, Remove the Marinade from the Meat and Grill to Desired Doneness. |
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If You Go With Pork Tenderloin, Make Sure You Don't Overcook the Meat. Take It Off the Grill When It Is Still Flexible When You Press on It With Your Finger. Place It in an Oven Dish, Cover It and Let It Rest in the Oven at About 200 Degrees For 10 Minutes. This Gives the Juices a Chance to Settle and the Meat Will Be Soooo Tender. |
