Oktoberfest Stoup Recipes

OKTOBERFEST SOUP

Steps:

• Place bratwurst and water in a Dutch oven. Cover; cook over medium heat 10 minutes. Uncover; turn bratwurst and cook until browned and centers are no longer pink, 13-17 minutes longer. Remove and cool slightly. Cut into 1/4-in.-thick slices; set aside. In the same pan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook and stir onion until tender, 5-7 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Stir in potatoes, chicken stock, beer, mustard, caraway seeds, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, until potatoes are tender, 20-25 minutes. Add sliced bratwurst; heat through. Just before serving, sprinkle with cheese.

OKTOBERFEST STOUP

Steps:

• Heat a big soup pot over medium-high heat. Add 1 table­spoon of the vegetable oil and half the butter.
• When the butter melts into the oil, add the cubed wursts and brown them on all sides, 5 minutes. Remove the browned sausages and add the remaining tablespoon each of oil and butter.
• When the butter melts into the oil, add the onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add the cabbage and car­away, season with salt and pepper, and stir. Cook the cab­bage for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add the beer and cook down 1 minute. Add the stock, tomato sauce, Worcestershire, and bay leaf and stir to combine. Add the wursts back to the pot. Cover the pot and bring the soup up to a boil, 2 or 3 minutes.
• Remove the lid and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes longer, until the cabbage is tender. Remove the bay leaf.
• Combine the parsley, apple, and lemon juice in a small bowl. Ladle the soup into shallow bowls and top with generous spoonfuls of the flavored apples to stir into the soup as you eat it.

OCTOBERFEST SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine broths, celery, onion, green pepper and potato in large saucepan; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low; simmer until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 15 minutes.
• Add dissolved cornstarch; cook and stir until soup thickens.
• Cut sausage into quarters, lengthwise, then cut crosswise into 1/4" pieces. Add sausage, cheese, sauerkraut, half and half and white pepper. Stir.
• Continue heating until mixture is hot. DO NOT BOIL. Serve immediately.