Brents Polish Sausage And Sauerkraut Recipes

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!).

BRENT'S POLISH SAUSAGE AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• - Peel potatoes. - Boil potatoes in large pot for 15 minutes or until tender. - Drain potatoes and leave in pot. - Cut slices of apples and onion. - Melt half a stick of margarine in a pan. - Place sauerkraut, apples, and onions in buttered pan. - Add brown sugar on top. - Mix everything and sautee until sauerkraut is browned and onions clear. - When about halfway done, melt the other half of the margarine stick into the sauerkraut mix. - Cut kielbasa sausages into small slices. - Brown kielbasa slices while sauerkraut mix is sauteeing. - Once sauerkraut mix and kielbasa slices are done, mix them all in the pot with the potatoes. - Continue cooking entire mix on medium for about 5-10 minutes and mix everything together.

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.