Fresh Polish Sausage Sauerkraut Potato Dish Recipe 45 Food

FRESH POLISH SAUSAGE SAUERKRAUT POTATO DISH RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil to cover bottom of baking dish (Le Creuset Dutch Oven-Mary fills 9 ½ qt oval, Marilyn uses 5 ½ qt oval) Sauerkraut (lots) , drained, layer on bottom of dish Beef broth, ½ to 1 cup, to add moisture for potatoes & polish sausage to cook in Cut fresh polish sausage into 6" pieces, tuck into sauerkraut, along edges of pan, will brown Peel and cut potatoes into fourths, tuck into sauerkraut Sprinkle with Lawry's Seasoning Salt, a little pepper Bake at 300-350 degrees until potatoes are done, tender. About 1 ½ hours. Cook slowly, can keep warm at 200 degrees when potatoes are tender, sausage browned. Easy, you can cook and add more polish sausage if you have extra sauerkraut and/or potatoes for another meal or 2. Mmmm delicious!

JANS POLISH SAUERKRAUT SIDE DISH

Steps:

• Fry bacon until just about crisp.
• Place on a paper towel to drain fat.
• Discard fat from frying pan except for about 1 tablespoon.
• Chop onion into 1 inch pieces.
• Place in pan and saute until translucent.
• Place on same paper towel to drain fat.
• In a large pot, place sauerkraut,1 or 2 cans of water, bacon and onion.
• Cook sauerkraut at least one half hour.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve.
• Tastes better the next day.
• Optional- You can cook a link (1 pound) of fresh Polish sausage for added flavor and use the meat as part of your meal.

SAUERKRAUT WITH POLISH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300ºF.
• Place bacon, onion and carrot in heavy large ovenproof Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Saute until onion is tender but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• Squeeze as much liquid as possible from sauerkraut.
• Add sauerkraut to Dutch oven.
• Add wine, stock, caraway seeds and juniper berries.
• Bring to simmer.
• Cover tightly, place in oven and bake 1 hour.
• Add kielbasa to Dutch oven, pushing into sauerkraut.
• Cover and bake 1 hour.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat, stirring frequently).

POLISH SAUSAGE & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Cook sausages over medium heat in 10 inch skillet until brown.
• Remove.
• Cook onion in the same skillet until soft.
• Stir in sauerkraut; cover and simmer 3 minutes.
• Place sausages on top of sauerkraut.
• Cover and cook 2 minutes or until heated through.

POLISH SAUSAGE AND SAUERKRAUT CASSEROLE (KAPUSTA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Bring sausage to boil and simmer 15 minutes; drain and set aside.
• Cut bacon into small pieces.
• Begin browning, then add diced onion.
• Saute together until bacon is almost crisp.
• Drain mixture, reserving bacon grease.
• Drain sauerkraut (do not rinse).
• Add sauerkraut and brown sugar to bacon mixture.
• Mix in about 2 Tablespoons reserved bacon grease and water.
• Place in large casserole dish.
• Cut Polish sausage into 3" pieces and place on top of sauerkraut.
• Cover and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 hour 15 minutes, checking sauerkraut mixture halfway through to add more water if sauerkraut appears very dry.
• Finish baking; remove from oven.
• Taste sauerkraut and, if desired, adjust flavor by adding salt and pepper, or a little more brown sugar, vinegar or bacon grease to your taste. (Note: In the old days, Busia (Grandma) would soak a cup of yellow peas overnight to soften them and would mix them into the sauerkraut. It was probably to stretch the quantity, but I don't do it anymore!).

BAKED SUMMER SAUSAGE, POTATOES & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Mix Summer Sausage, potatoes & onions in a 9 X 13in baking dish.
• 3. Spread Sour Kraut on top of Sausage mix. Add 1/2 cup water to bottom of dish.
• 4. Cover with aluminum foil and cook for about 1 hour or until potato's are tender.