German Sausage With Mustard Caper Sauce Food

MUSTARD CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a pan over medium heat, mix together water, bouillon, oil, mustard, honey, wine, lemon juice, green onions, and capers.
• Whisk together well and simmer for 7 to 10 minutes, letting it reduce a bit.
• Mix together the corn starch and cold water, making sure it's not lumpy, and gradually add to the pan while stirring continuously.
• Let everything simmer together for another 5-7 minutes or to desired consistency, then serve immediately.
• Serve over sausages, salmon, or vegetables.

GERMAN SAUSAGE AND MEATBALLS (SAUERKLOPSE)

Steps:

• FOR THE SAUERKLOPSE: In a large kettle combine water, allspice, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and chopped onion.
• Bring to a boil and simmer 5 minutes.
• Add sausage and simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Make meatballs.
• Add meatballs and continue to simmer for 15 minutes.
• Blend 3 Tablespoons flour and 3 Tablespoons cold water together and stir into the stew.
• Add sugar and vinegar.
• Bring back to simmering, stirring constantly.
• Add bread crumbs and simmer about 5 more minutes.
• Serve with boiled potatoes or noodles.
• FOR THE MEATBALLS: Mix together ground beef, salt, and pepper.
• Rub sage and mix into ground beef along with flour and bread crumbs.
• Beat egg slightly and mix thoroughly into ground beef mixture.
• Shape into balls about 1 inch in diameter.

KONIGSBERGER KLOPSE (GERMAN MEATBALLS IN CREAMY CAPER SAUCE)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven such as Le Creuset, heat broth ingredients (stock, bay leaf, cider vinegar, white wine, peppercorns, and 2 tablespoons capers) to a simmer over medium heat.
• Meanwhile, combine meatball ingredients, mix well.
• Form meat mixture into golf-ball sized balls (note: mixture will be a bit sticky and delicate to work with, but this is normal, and the result will be a moist and tender meatball!). Roll them in flour, and carefully place into hot broth; simmer each batch for 15 minutes, but do not boil. (Tip: do not crowd meatballs, ie only simmer about 10-12 meatballs at a time). Note that the broth will thicken as you add the flour covered meatballs, which will make a nice sauce.
• Carefully remove meatballs from the hot broth with a slotted spoon, and keep them warm in a covered bowl stored in the oven while making the sauce. Discard bay leaf.
• To Make Cream Sauce:.
• To hot broth stir in the sauce ingredients and heat through, but do not boil.
• Add the cooked meatballs to the heated sauce, stir gently and warm through.
• To Serve:.
• Serve Meatballs and Cream Sauce with boiled new potatoes (salzkartoffel) or hot buttered spaetzle noodles, and German Rotkohl recipe #108449. Sprinkle with snipped fresh parsley, for garnish.
• To Serve as an Appetizer:.
• Make the meatballs smaller and serve warm from the crock pot with toothpicks, buttered rolls and potato salad recipe #309891.
• Freezes well.

GERMAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cut the meat (and fat, if necessary) into chunks. Spread out on a pie pan or cookie sheet and place in the freezer to chill (not long enough to freeze, just long enough to become firm).
• Grind the meat and fat together twice, using a coarse blade.
• Add the spices to the meat and fat mixture and knead it in thoroughly.
• Cover and refrigerate at least a couple of hours or overnight.
• The sausage can be stuffed into prepared casings or formed into patties or appropriate bulk portions and refrigerated for up to 3 days before use after which any remaining should be frozen.