Ham Sauerkraut Food

HAM, BEAN AND BACON SOUP WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in soup pot or Dutch oven. Add the bacon and brown. Remove the bacon, and reserve. Add the ham and brown, then remove and reserve. Melt in the butter, and add the garlic, onions, potatoes, carrots and bay leaf. Partially cover and cook to soften, 10 minutes. Add the stock, 2 cups water, the reserved ham and bacon, the sauerkraut and beans, and simmer until potatoes are cooked and soup flavor combines, 15 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cool completely and store for a make-ahead meal.
• To serve, reheat over medium heat. Add the parsley just before serving and pass bread at the table.

HAM & SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Combine Ham and Water (enough to cover just the bottom of the pot) in slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours.
• After 6 hours on low or 3 hours on high, remove bone from ham (ham should be falling off of bone) and add sauerkraut. Continue to cook on low for about 4 hours. (You could add small red potatoes or diced potatoes at this time as well.).

FARMHOUSE HAM, CHEESE AND SAUERKRAUT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine mayo, sour cream, seeds & pepper; stir in kraut; set aside.
• On a foil-lined baking sheet, place six slices bread--first brush each with melted butter (save some for the other half of the sammie); top with a slice of cheese, then 1/6th of the kraut mixture,then a slice of ham and two slices of cheese--do this on all six slices of bread.
• Brush remaining six slices of bread with melted butter; place on cheese--with butter side up, to make six sandwiches.
• Bake for 10 minutes (cheese is melted, bread is lightly browned)--turn once during that time.
• Remove from oven; slice diagonally, serve with pickles.
• SEPTEMBER HARVEST: Remember Johnny Appleseed by placing a few thin slices of apple between the ham and cheese.
• NEBRASKA REUBEN: Salute Omaha's claim to fame and use thinly sliced corned beef instead of the ham.
• CRUNCHY BITES: Add a few sunflower kernels to the sauerkraut mixture and honor those hardy souls in North Dakota who raise huge fields of sunflowers!
• BOOST YOUR PROTEIN: Stir about a 1/4-cup of cooked edible soybeans (edamame) into the sauerkraut mixture and thank a South Dakota farmer!

SAUERKRAUT SALAD WITH HAM

Steps:

• Rinse and drain sauerkraut; chop coarsely.
• Wash grapes and cut in half; remove seeds if desired.
• Cut ham in julienne strips.
• Gently mix these 3 ingredients.
• Blend dressing ingredients and stir into sauerkraut mixture.
• Marinate for 10 minutes; adjust seasoning before serving, if necessary.

HAM AND SAUERKRAUT SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse sauerkraut in a colander and drain well. Place in serving bowl.
• Add ham, celery, green pepper and onion.
• Combine sugar, and vinegar in a small bowl. Stirr untill sugar is almost dissolved. Add apples and toss well, pour over sauerkraut.
• Toss and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve chilled.

SAUERKRAUT AND PINEAPPLE: A SIDE DISH FOR HAM

Steps:

• Rinse sauerkraut in warm water and drain.
• In a covered pan, simmer kraut in butter for 30 minutes.
• Add pinapple and juice and simmer for 30 minutes longer.
• Add parsley and serve hot as a sidedish for ham.

SMOKED PORK/HAM WITH SAUERKRAUT, POTATOES & APPLE JUICE

Steps:

• In a large roaster or crockpot, layer pork chops or ham, sliced potatoes, sauerkraut, and apple juice.
• Preheat oven 375° or crockpot low heat.
• Cover and cook in oven for 1 hour.
• Cover and cook crockpot for six hours.
• Note: If you have smoked pork chops, no other seasoning is needed except the bay leaf and pepper. If the pork is not smoked you can add a few drops of liquid smoke and the thyme and also crushed or minced garlic. Potatoes tend to "grab" the garlic flavor so add towards the end of the cooking period.