Sauerkraut-and-Sausage Casserole
By Yankee Magazine|May 14 2004|
The Snow family of North Carolina documents their family history as far back as the 18th century, when patriarch John Snow — who had “quite the sense of humor,” according to family historian, Allen Snow — named one son Frost And Snow and another Ice And Snow. Today, family history lives on not only in the annual Snow family reunions, but also in a bound collection of recipes that Allen assembled and published. This recipe for Sauerkraut-and-Sausage Casserole, one of Allen’s own, is a simple-to-make covered dish. From Allen Snow
Yield
6 servings
Ingredients
1 pound fully cooked Polish sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
1 tablespoon dried, minced onions
2 apples, cored and quartered
1 can (27 ounces) sauerkraut (undrained)
1 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons caraway seed
snipped parsley (optional)
Instructions
Mix all ingredients (except parsley) and bake, covered, in a 2-1/2-quart baking dish at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. Garnish with fresh snipped parsley.
Why is there apples and sugar ina BASICALLY TART dish?
This is very similar to a recipe my German family has handed down, although we think of it as a winter meal. It is easily adapted to the crockpot and in a pinch, hot dogs can be used. We use less caraway (1 tsp) and half water, half beer.
One reader asked why there is apple and sugar in this recipe…well, they are there because they add a certain difference to this recipe…I’ve been making this for about 40 years now, got it from a German girlfriend way back then, and believe me, if you take out the apple and sugar, the difference is totally amazing, and doesn’t taste like the original recipe at all…so I LIKE it in, always have, always will…but that’s what makes recipe’s so much fun…YOU can DO anything you like to your own recipes to make your taste buds come alive!!!! ; ) But really, if you TRY this with the apples and a bit of brown sugar…you just MIGHT like it…we always added gnocci also to it the last 1/2 hour of cooking…and letting it set for a night…”OH YUMMMY” Enjoy y’all…