Sauerkraut And Frankfurters Recipes

BAVARIAN SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Prepare: Drain the sauerkraut. Finely chop the onions and cut the bacon into small cubes. Peel and dice the apple.
• Heat the fat in a saucepan. Cook the onions and the bacon for about 3 minutes on medium-low heat. Add the apple and stir for another 3 minutes.
• Caramelize: Sprinkle the sugar on top, stir and let caramelize slightly for about 1-2 minutes.
• Simmer: Add sauerkraut, salt, pepper, caraway seeds, cider/white wine/ apple juice. Stir well, cover, and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes.
• Serve immediately or reheat.

JOLEAN'S FRANKS & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• In a 10-inch skillet over low heat, melt butter until just sizzling. Sauté onion and garlic, stirring often until wilted but not quite browned.
• Add sauerkraut, water, brown sugar and red wine vinegar; Mix well.
• Bury franks in kraut.
• Cover and simmer until liquid has evaporated, about 1/2 hour.
• Serve with warm, buttered, crusty bread.

HOT DOGS, SAUERKRAUT, AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Boil peeled potatoes (cut in quarters) until tender but not mushy. Drain, and add to the pan the amount of sauerkraut for the number of people you've planned to feed. Also add hot dogs cut into 1 inch pieces. Heat everything, but watch carefully to avoid burning. Add butter if desired. We always ate this with mustard for the sauerkraut and hot dogs.
• The next day my mother would heat leftovers in a frying pan, letting the sauerkraut get brown.

HOTDOGS AND SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Place half of the saurkraut with juice in a baking dish. Add hotdogs, as many as you will feed, on top of sauerkraut. No need to grease pan.
• 2. Add second half of sauerkraut with juice on top of placed hotdogs. Baking dish size depends on how many people you are serving and dogs being used. If 6-8 dogs, use a 13x9. Make sure to have enough kraut to cover. Use a smaller baking dish if only making for one or two.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 mins. I like to see little tinges of browning on the tops of the sauerkraut. If the dogs split open a little, no worries.
• 4. I do highly recomend pairing this with boiled potaoes with butter on top, green beans and applesauce as they just go so well together! You will not believe the flavor of the hotdogs! Sometimes I will put a little mustard on the hotdogs.
• 5. You can also use sausages instead of hotdogs. You can also put the dogs and the kraut in a bun with mustard on top and it is delicous with frys also. The flavor of the dog cooked in the kraut juice...its just to die for, if you love sauerkraut as I do!

FRANKFURTER-ALL BEEF

Steps:

• Grind beef through 3 mm (1/8") plate. Freeze partially and grind again.
• Mix ground beef with water and all ingredients.
• Stuff firmly into 24-26 mm sheep casings. Form 10-12 cm (4-5") links.
• Hold for 60 min at room temperature.
• Smoke at 60º C (140º F) for 60 minutes.
• Boil in water at 75º C (167º F) for 25 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes in cold water, then in air.
• Refrigerate.