Sausages and Sauerkraut
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 6 tablespoons goose fat
- 2 1/5 pounds Sauerkraut, recipe follows
- 1 apple, diced
- 5 juniper berries
- 7 ounces smoked bacon
- 3 ounces white wine plus 2 ounces
- 2 tablespoons water
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, fry the onion in the goose fat until it starts to brown.
- Add the sauerkraut, and heat it through for 5 minutes.
- Then add 1 cup of water, cover with a lid, and cook for 20 minutes.
- Then add the apple, juniper berries, and the bacon.
- Stir well, add 3 fluid ounces white wine, and 2 tablespoons water.
- Cook for 35 minutes.
- After 30 minutes of cooking, add the remaining 2 fluid ounces of white wine.
- 11 pounds white cabbage, shredded
- 5 tablespoons salt
- Put the cabbage and salt alternately in a terracotta pot, and press down with a weight or heavy pan until juice covers the shredded cabbage.
- Cover the pot with a cloth, and weight it down with planks and stones.
- Place in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 weeks before cooking it.
- 1 pound plus 5 ounces pork neck
- 14 ounces pork belly
- Pinch ground mace
- Pinch ground cardamom
- Pinch dried marjoram
- 1 tablespoon salt
- Pinch freshly ground pepper
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- Sausage casings
- All ingredients and equipment need to be very cold when making sausage.
- Cut the neck and belly of pork, and grind it into a large bowl.
- Add the mace, cardamom, marjoram, salt, and pepper, and mix it all together with your hands.
- Add the eggs, and mix again.
- Then add the milk, and mix again.
- Place the casing over a funnel.
- Stuff the casing with the meat mixture, and then tie the casing to make your desired size of sausage links.
- Once you have made all of the sausages, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add enough oil to lightly film the pan, and let oil heat.
- In batches, add the sausages to the hot oil, and fry until browned and fully cooked through.
- Serve with the steaming sauerkraut, and mustard, if desired.
onion, goose fat, sauerkraut, apple, berries, bacon, white wine, water
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sausages-and-sauerkraut-recipe.html (may not work)