My grandmother was from Prague Czechoslovakian came to American in 1902. This is her recipe.
Ingredients: [‘blade roast’, ‘water’, ‘celery’, ‘carrots’, ‘fresh dill’, ‘sour cream’, ‘flour’, ‘sugar’, ‘white vinegar’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“3 -4 lbs under blade roast”,”4 cups water”,”2 stalks celery”,”2 whole carrots”,”1/2 cup fresh dill”,”16 ounces sour cream”,”3 tablespoons flour”,”2 tablespoons sugar”,”2 tablespoons white vinegar”]
Number of Servings: 4
Steps: [‘In a large pot.’, ‘Add your water-beef roast-celery-carrots.’, ‘Bring the pot to a boil.’, ‘Then let it simmer for about 1 1/2 hours.’, ‘This is just like you were making soup.’, ‘If you want to skip this part. Just add instead of water 4-cans of beef broth. This is just the old fashion way of making beef broth.’, ‘After 1 1/2 hours of cooking take the beef out of the pot.’, ‘You should have about 2 1/2 cups of beef broth left in the pot.’, ‘put in the dill and bring the pot to a boil.’, ‘Then add the sour cream-sugar-white vinegar and mix very well.’, ‘Then add the flour mix very well so there are no lumps.’, ‘Then put the beef back in the pot and cook for about 1/2 hour. If the gravy is a little thin add little flour till it is thick the way you like it. After it is done taste the gravy you may like to add a little salt. You can put this over wide noodles-potatoes or I like bread dumplings. Tell me how you like it.’]