Ale And Kraut Burgers Food

MOM'S ORIGINAL YEAST DOUGH FOR KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• Add yeast and 2 teaspoons of the sugar to warm water *see note
• Stirring add milk and oil to water mixture
• Mix about 2 cups of flour with the remainder of sugar and salt
• Add dry mixture to liquid mixture
• Mix with mixer until dough is elastic
• Put in enough flour to make bread dough form into a nice ball
• Pour out onto a lightly floured surface and knead (if you use a kitchen aid mixer instead let it mix on low speed 6-8 minutes and skip this step)
• Let dough rise while you make the meat and cabbage mixture

ORIGINAL LAUER-KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• For the burger filling: Brown the ground chuck in a large skillet over medium heat, crumbling the meat pretty finely as it browns. Add the chopped onions and 1 teaspoon of the pepper. Cook the onion down a little, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chopped cabbage, sauerkraut, remaining 1 teaspoon pepper and 1 teaspoon salt. Let the mixture cook, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on how done you like the cabbage. Strain and let cool.
• For the dough: Put the yeast and sugar in a 4-cup measuring cup and add warm water to the 1-cup mark. Stir together and let sit until the yeast rises to twice its original size. Put the powdered milk in another 4-cup measuring cup and add water to the 2-cup mark. Stir together. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt and shortening. Cut the shortening into the flour by hand. Next, make a well in the flour and add the eggs, yeast mixture and the powdered milk mixture to the flour. Work it all together until the dough comes away from the bowl (you may need a touch more flour or water). Oil the dough slightly on each side, cover and let rise, for 10 minutes. Pinch and let rise another 15 minutes.
• To assemble the Lauer-Kraut burgers: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Lightly flour a work surface and put the dough on the flour. Begin to roll the dough as close to a rectangle as you can, roughly 24-by-30 inches. Once the dough is rolled out, cut the dough into squares, roughly 6-by-6 inches. Take a square of dough and roll it out a little bigger, roughly 8-by-8 inches. Turn the re-rolled square over and add a full cup of filling mixture into the middle of the dough. Bring the opposite corners of the square together, and then bring the other 2 opposite corners together. You should have all 4 corners drawn together. Pinch down the 4 seams of the dough. Once you pinch all the seams, push down slightly on the kraut burger. This will release extra air and help you find any place you missed sealing the kraut burger. Turn the sealed pocket over and place it on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.

FAMILY FAVORITE KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• Place all rolls out on cookie sheets. Spray syran wrap with cooking spray and cover snuggly (so dough does not dry out. Leave out to rise over night.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In Large skillet brown ground beef and sausage together. When fully cooked drain off any excess oil in skillet. Season meat with salt,pepper and garlic powder. Add onions and half of the cabbage. Cover and let simmer.
• While meat is cooking clean a large surface area and dust lightly with flour. Roll out each roll to about 6" to 7" round circle.
• I do one cookie sheet at a time.
• Remove meat mixture from skillet and put it in a large bowl.
• Add the remaining cabbage to meat and stir well.(You can adjust the amount of cabbage you put in at this time if wanted or needed.). The heat from the meat will steam the remaining cabbage. Add Cheese to mixture. Stir well.
• Place approximately 1/2 to 3/4 cup of mixture on top of one rolled out roll (dough) and cover with second roll. Pinch edges tightly all around the roll and tuck under roll. Place each roll on cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for approximately 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• My family eats these with honey mustard and spicy mustard.

KRAUTBURGER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place ground beef in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain fat. Stir in cabbage and onion soup mix; cook 5 minutes longer, or until lightly browned. Set aside.
• Roll one loaf of bread dough into a 16x8 inch rectangle, then cut into eight 4 inch squares. Spoon cabbage mixture into center of each square, top with 1 small slice cheese and bring up diagonal points, pinching edges closed. Place krautburgers on a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray, and let rise for about 10 minutes.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until brown. Brush tops of warm rolls with margarine. Repeat process with second loaf of bread and remaining cabbage mixture and cheese.

ALE AND KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400. Spray or line a 7x11 or 9x9 pan. Pour your drained and rinsed Kraut into the pan, grind your pepper over top. Pour 1/2 of a bottle of ale over top, place in oven UNCOVERED for 1 hour, stir after 30 minutes.
• 2. Once Kraut is in the oven, prepare your burger, as you want it to rest/marinate about an hour before you prepare it. Place burger in a large bowl, add 1/2 bottle of ale, garlic powder, onion powder and pepper. Mix well, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 3. After 30 minutes, remember to stir your kraut, then remove burger from frig, shape into patties...whatever size you like, I happen to like to make 1/4# patties, so I will get 8 patties total. Cover your patties with plastic wrap and let set out at room temp for 30 minutes.
• 4. I like to use two skillets, simply because I don't have one large enough for all the patties...yes, you could grill them as well. Add 1 T olive oil to each pan over med high heat. When hot, divide the onion between the pans. When starting to brown, add 1 T butter to each pan, when melted sprinkle salt over top, DO NOT STIR, place burgers on top, flip when half cooked, for a 1/4 # burger about 4 minutes. Make sure to get onions when you flip it, so the onions are on top. Fry another few minutes, add kraut to half of them, place 2 slices of swiss cheese over the kraut. Top remaining burgers with 1 slice of cheddar, cover to help melt the cheeses.
• 5. Once fairly melted, remember it will continue to melt a little bit on the way to the table, take swiss topped burger and place on top of a cheddar burger then onto to plate of kraut. Or place each double burger right onto a bun, with kraut in a bowl on the side. My favorite way to plate this is to place kraut onto platter, place burgers on top. Scrap up extra caramelized onions from the pan and place over top as you can see in photo. :o) Serve with favorite toppings...spicy brown mustard is great!

KRAUT BURGER POCKETS-ANNETTE'S

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to temperature on Grand Biscuits.
• 2. Chop onion and add it to ground beef in a skillet. Season it VERY WELL with gourmet garlic and ground black pepper. (The seasoning is what stands out in Kraut burgers and Runza's, especially the black pepper)
• 3. When ground beef is just about done, open and drain the sauerkraut VERY well. I put mine in a collander and use a fork to push down on it to get all the liquid out. Add it to the ground beef and stir to incorporate.
• 4. When filling is done. Remove from burner and set aside.
• 5. Get out your biscuits and open them up. Prepare a surface to roll them out. I do not use any flour on my rolling pin or the surface since there is butter in the biscuits they don't tend to stick. You may want to do one can at a time and leave the other one in the refrigerator until ready to use.
• 6. Roll out your biscuits in both directions. You want them to be a round circle, big enough to hold about 2/3 cups of filling and still be able to fold the dough over and make a pocket. See my picture as a reference.
• 7. Place a scoop of filling in the center, sprinkle on a little cheddar cheese, then fold over one side of the dough and then pinch the edges together to form a pocket. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• 8. Bake for 18 minutes or until the tops are golden brown. You want to make sure the bottoms are not doughy. Move to a cooling rack to cool for a few minutes before sinking your teeth into these little yummies. Enjoy!
• 9. ***These are great to eat plain but they are also great dipped in mustard, ketchup or horseradish sauce.***

KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• Cut up cabbage and onion. Cook 20 minutes; drain.
• Brown meat; drain.
• Add cabbage and onion. Steam 10 minutes.
• Prepare hot roll mix as directed on package.
• Roll out and cut in 6-inch circles. Place a small amount of filling in circles. Spoon in small amount of cheese and hot pepper. Fold over and seal.
• Place in oiled casserole. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.

ORIGINAL LAUER-KRAUT BURGERS

Steps:

• For the burger filling: Brown the ground chuck in a large skillet over medium heat, crumbling the meat pretty finely as it browns. Add the chopped onions and 1 teaspoon of the pepper. Cook the onion down a little, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chopped cabbage, sauerkraut, remaining 1 teaspoon pepper and 1 teaspoon salt. Let the mixture cook, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on how done you like the cabbage. Strain and let cool.
• For the dough: Put the yeast and sugar in a 4-cup measuring cup and add warm water to the 1-cup mark. Stir together and let sit until the yeast rises to twice its original size. Put the powdered milk in another 4-cup measuring cup and add water to the 2-cup mark. Stir together. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, salt and shortening. Cut the shortening into the flour by hand. Next, make a well in the flour and add the eggs, yeast mixture and the powdered milk mixture to the flour. Work it all together until the dough comes away from the bowl (you may need a touch more flour or water). Oil the dough slightly on each side, cover and let rise, for 10 minutes. Pinch and let rise another 15 minutes.
• To assemble the Lauer-Kraut burgers: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Lightly flour a work surface and put the dough on the flour. Begin to roll the dough as close to a rectangle as you can, roughly 24-by-30 inches. Once the dough is rolled out, cut the dough into squares, roughly 6-by-6 inches. Take a square of dough and roll it out a little bigger, roughly 8-by-8 inches. Turn the re-rolled square over and add a full cup of filling mixture into the middle of the dough. Bring the opposite corners of the square together, and then bring the other 2 opposite corners together. You should have all 4 corners drawn together. Pinch down the 4 seams of the dough. Once you pinch all the seams, push down slightly on the kraut burger. This will release extra air and help you find any place you missed sealing the kraut burger. Turn the sealed pocket over and place it on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.