German Dumplings And Sauerkraut Recipes

PORK, SAUERKRAUT AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place pork roast into the bottom of a slow cooker and cover with sauerkraut with juice, applesauce, brown sugar, and 1 can beer. Set cooker to High, cover, and cook 3 hours. Reduce heat to Low and cook 4 more hours.
• About 1 1/2 hours before serving time, heat water with reserved pork trimmings in a large saucepan over low heat and simmer to make broth, about 45 minutes. Strain broth, discard trimmings, and pour remaining can of beer and kraut juice into the simmering broth. Bring the broth to a boil.
• Mix baking mix and milk in a bowl to make a sticky dough. Drop by spoonfuls into the boiling broth. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer dumplings for 10 minutes; uncover and simmer until dumplings are set, about 10 more minutes. For chewier dumplings, boil a few minutes longer. Remove dumplings from the broth with a slotted spoon and transfer to a serving bowl.
• Serve pork with cooked kraut and dumplings on the side; spoon thickened broth over dumplings.

SAUERKRAUT AND GERMAN POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mash potatoes and add flour, egg, and salt and mix.
• Shape by rolling into logs the size of your middle finger. (roll on floured surface)
• Set aside while heating the sauerkraut.
• Fry and crumble the bacon.
• Drain the bacon and pour two tablespoons of the bacon drippings over the sauerkraut.
• Slice dumplings into 1-inch lengths and cook in boiling salted water for 10 minutes.
• When you first place the dumplings in the water, they will fall to the bottom and then float to the top as they cook.
• Drain the dumplings and add to the sauerkraut.
• Add the crumbled bacon.
• This dish can be made the day before and reheated.
• Enjoy!

SAUERKRAUT AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add all other ingredients except for the sauerkraut; mix with a fork until all ingredients are combined. Dough should be stiff enough so a dumpling holds it shape fairly well when you drop it from a spoon. If the dumpling spreads too much add a little more flour. Add the sauerkraut to a large skillet and heat it until bubbling. Turn it down to a simmer and then drop the dumpling dough from a large spoon by pushing it off with your finger. Make the dumplings any size you desire. Just know that the dumplings will almost double in size when they are cooked. Once all the dumplings are on the sauerkraut, cover the pan and cook at a simmer for 15 minutes. Turn the dumplings over, cover and simmer for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Serve the sauerkraut and dumplings together.

PORK AND SAUERKRAUT WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Rub pork with salt and pepper. Place in a pot (with a lid - if possible) and cover with water, adding onion cut into pieces.
• Boil meat until tender, remove excess fat.
• Add sauerkraut and simmer about 20 minutess.
• Mix dry dumpling ingredients together.
• Add milk gradually mixing well then add the melted butter.
• Drop by spoonsful into boiling pork and kraut.
• Cook 15 minutes covered.

RIBS, SAUERKRAUT AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place ribs in a 3-qt. baking dish. In a bowl, combine sauerkraut, water, brown sugar and caraway seeds; spoon over ribs. Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/2 hours. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Beat egg and milk; add to the dry ingredients and stir with a fork just until combined. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto hot sauerkraut mixture. Cover and return to the oven for 20 minutes. If desired, garnish with parsley and paprika.

SAUERKRAUT AND POTATO DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Grate raw potatoes and drain.
• Add salt, eggs, and flour to grated potatoes and mix well (mixture will be fairly solid).
• Form dumplings into balls (desired size, I usually get about 20-25 good sized dumplings) and drop into boiling water.
• Allow to cook for 8-10 minutes making sure they do not stick to bottom of pan.
• Remove dumplings with a skimmer and set aside.
• In a large pan heat approximately 6 tbsp oil over medium heat.
• Add diced ham, caraway seeds, and pepper and allow to cook 10 minutes.
• Increase heat to high, add sauerkraut (drain about half the juice before adding) and mix well with ham.
• Allow this to cook for about 20 minutes stirring often.
• Add sour cream (the amount can definitely be adjusted to your taste) and mix well until creamy.
• Reduce heat to low, add dumplings and cover.
• Cook for 20-30 minutes stirring periodically.