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" I&amp;#039;ve been working on this sauerbraten recipe all week. Rather, I assembled the whole thing on Monday and it marinated there until Wednesday morning, when I put the slow-cooker insert in the base and cooked the thing. The whole day the house was filled with the smell of braised beef, which was surprisingly pleasant. But Wednesday night we found ourselves with a couple pounds of leftovers. So last night we ate beef sandwiches for dinner, in a couple of different guises. I made a melt, with beef, onions, roasted pepper and gruyere cheese. My dad had an open-face beef sandwich.  The beef was pretty tangy from the apple cider vinegar marinade; a traditional roast may have been a better bet. The beef had great flavor on its own, though, and it was pretty good shredded and mixed in with egg noodles (I like the thick, straight ones you find in the frozen food section; they&amp;#039;re like my grandma&amp;#039;s homemade noodles).  For my sandwich, I layered beef and onions on a split ciabatta roll, then put it under a low broiler for a few minutes to heat the meat. Then I added roasted pepper and thinly sliced cheese; I broiled it and the ciabatta top until the cheese melted and the bread was toasted.  For my dad&amp;#039;s, I had to make the gravy from ingredients in the kitchen (the cooking juices for the beef had a lot of vinegar in them, so I didn&amp;#039;t think they&amp;#039;d make a good gravy, but if you made a regular roast beef, the beef juices would be perfect for a gravy). I melted a tablespoon or 2 of butter, then sprinkled in an equal amount of flour. I cooked it a bit, until the roux began to brown, then I added chicken stock until it was the thinness I wanted. Regular sandwich bread is the best bet for this, layered with the beef and gravy. Of course dad wanted mashed potatoes, but he got egg noodles, too.  Here&amp;#039;s the recipe we used, along with a recipe for regular pot roast and gravy:  Sauerbraten  Pot Roast with Onion Gravy  What&amp;#039;s your favorite leftovers sandwich? (I like meatloaf.) \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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