Sauerbraten - Alton Brown

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup red wine vinegar
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided, plus extra for serving
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for serving
• 2 bay leaves
• 6 whole cloves
• 12 whole juniper berries
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 (3 1/2- to 4-pound) bottom round
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 18 dark old-fashioned gingersnaps (2-inch diameter), finely crushed
• 1/2 cup seedless raisins, optional