Pickled beef (Runderlappen)

Traditional recipe from The Netherlands

• 700g lean stewing beef (cut in 4 steaks)
• pepper
• salt
• 6 tbsp of butter or bacon drippings
• 1 large onion
• 1 1/2 tbsp of vinegar
• 1 tsp of mustard
• 1 bay leaf
• some cloves and peppercorns

Scrape the meat and rub it with pepper and salt.

Heat the butter or fat in a frying pan until it's hot and thoroughly brown the meat on both sides. Add the sliced onion at the last moment, fry them very lightly without getting brown.

Dissolve the remainder in the pan with some water and pour it over the meat.

Red cabbage is a favorite vegetable with this dish as well as spinach or chicory.