Sweet Kraut Recipes

SANDY'S SWEET SLOW COOKER SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Place sauerkraut, water, carrot, brown sugar, apple, sweet onion, caraway seeds, salt, and black pepper in a slow cooker. Cook on Low for about 7 hours; add kielbasa. Cook for one more hour.

AWESOME SWEET AND SOUR KRAUT!

Steps:

• Combine the seasoning mix ingredients in a small bowl.
• Heat the oil in a 6 quart pot over high heat just until the oil begins to smoke, about 4 minutes.
• Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start to brown, about 8 minutes.
• Stir in the cabbage, apples, garlic, and ginger and cook, stirring frequently, for 4 minutes.
• Add the vinegar and scrape up all the brown bits on the bottom of the pot.
• Stir in the wine, brown sugar, and the seasoning mix.
• Cover, reduce the heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is tender and cooked down very well, about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Can be served hot or cold, almost anytime, almost anywhere.

SWEET KRAUT

Steps:

• Rinse saurkraut well in a strainer and cover with water. Add brown sugar and let sit in fridge overnight. Lightly brown one large onion in the pork fat, and then add flour to make a roux. Continue cooking a couple minutes. Add saurkraut (use a slotted spoon) and then enough of the brown sugar water to make a paste. Serve over the raised dumplings.

SWEET-AND-SOUR KRAUT

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to paper towels; drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. Saute onion in the drippings until tender. , Stir in sauerkraut, tomatoes, brown sugar and bacon. Bring to a boil. Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.

BAVARIAN SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Heat bacon drippings in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Place sauerkraut with juice into a large bowl and cover with water. Stir and use your hands to squeeze out as much of the water and juice as possible. Add squeezed sauerkraut to onion.
• Stir brown sugar, caraway seeds, chicken stock, and cooking sherry into the sauerkraut mixture. Reduce heat to low and simmer until almost all the liquid has evaporated, 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

MICHELLE'S SWEETKRAUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Empty sauerkraut and turnip greens into a colander and rinse lightly; drain. Spread sauerkraut, turnip greens, and onions in an even layer in a large baking dish and season with salt and black pepper.
• Whisk apple juice concentrate, water, and brown sugar in a bowl, dissolving the sugar. Pour juice mixture over vegetables. Arrange pieces of kielbasa sausage into dish atop vegetables.
• Bake in the preheated oven until most of the liquid has evaporated and the kielbasa is browned, about 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.