Best 8 Brat Kraut Strudel Recipes

OKTOBERFEST STRUDELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add bratwurst and onion; cook and stir until onion is tender, 8-10 minutes. Stir in sauerkraut; cool slightly., In a small bowl, mix sour cream, mustard and 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds. Unfold one sheet of puff pastry. Spread with 1/3 cup sour cream mixture to within 1/2 in. of edges. Spoon 2-1/2 cups sausage mixture down center of pastry; sprinkle with 1/2 cup each Muenster and cheddar cheeses., Lightly brush edges of pastry with water; bring edges together, pinching to seal. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet, seam side down; pinch ends and fold under. Repeat with remaining ingredients., Brush tops with water; sprinkle with remaining caraway seeds. Cut slits in pastry. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

BEER BRATS AND KRAUT

Steps:

• Pour beer into a pot and heat over medium heat. Place brats and kraut in beer and simmer for approximately 10 minutes. With tongs, remove brats from beer and place 1 in each bun. Using a slotted spoon, cover brat in sauerkraut. Drizzle mustard on top of kraut.

BRATWURST STEWED WITH SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat oil over high heat. Brown bratwurst in oil and reduce heat to medium. Add onions and garlic and cook until lightly caramelized. Add stock, paprika, caraway seeds, and sauerkraut and simmer for 45 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in fresh dill. Serve on baguette.

BEER GLAZED BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Crush celery seeds and caraway seeds in a mortar and pestle until ground; set aside.
• Place bratwursts into a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Mix beer, brown sugar, dry mustard, onion powder, black pepper, dill weed, and crushed celery and caraway seeds in a bowl, stirring to dissolve brown sugar; pour over the brats. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Uncover and raise heat to medium; boil the sauce until it reduces to a thick, syrupy liquid, about 20 minutes. Tilt skillet to roll brats in the sticky sauce until thoroughly coated. Transfer sausage to a platter and keep warm. Cook and stir sauerkraut in the same skillet to mix in any leftover sauce, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer sauerkraut to a serving platter and top with cooked bratwurst.

BRATS AND SAUERKRAUT

Steps:

• Saute onions in butter.
• When the onions are caramelized add garlic, saute for 1 minute.
• Add undrained sauerkraut, sugar, celery seed and bay leaf.
• Cover and simmer 1/2 hour.
• Add meat and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Serve on bun and top with sauerkraut.

CHEDDAR BRATZENKRAUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Spread sauerkraut into bottom of a 9-inch square glass baking dish.
• Stir reserved liquid from sauerkraut, brown mustard, brown sugar, celery seed, and black pepper together in a bowl; drizzle over sauerkraut. Arrange sausage slices in a layer over the sauerkraut and sauce. Loosely pile frozen french fries atop the sausage.
• Bake in preheated oven until the french fries are lightly browned, 20 to 30 minutes.

OKTOBERFEST STRUDEL WITH MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a large skillet, over medium heat, warm 2 tablespoons butter, and saute onion for 3 minutes or until clear.
• Add diced apple and sauté 3 more minutes.
• Remove from heat, stir in sauerkraut and caraway, mixing well.
• On a large baking sheet, lay out one sheet of phyllo and fold in half lengthways and brush with about 1 tablespoon butter.
• Repeat layering.
• Spread mustard over last layer of phyllo.
• Then spread sauerkraut filling along the long lengthwise side to the center of the dough leaving a 1-1/2 inch border around the edges.
• Top sauerkraut with bratwurst slices; roll jellyroll-style folding in the short edges.
• Place seam-side down on pan; brush top with butter.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
• MEANWHILE PREPARE MUSTARD SAUCE:.
• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat, stir in flour to form a smooth past.
• Slowly stir in cream and continue stirring to keep lumps from forming.
• Whisk in mustard and heat through.
• TO SERVE:.
• For an appetizer, slice into 8 portions, as an entree, 4. Slice warm strudel and serve in a pool of mustard sauce. Sprinkle mustard sauce with the paprika.

BRATWURST WITH SAUERKRAUT AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Simmer the sauerkraut for 10 minutes in boiling salted water. Drain.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, soften the onions in the butter, browning lightly. Add the sauerkraut, wine, stock, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Bring to boil, turn down, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, simmer the bratwurst in water to cover for 20 minutes.
• Add the potatoes to the sauerkraut in the skillet and cook, covered, for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender.
• While the potatoes are cooking, drain the bratwurst and brown lightly on all sides under a hot broiler.
• To serve, put the sauerkraut and potatoes on a heated platter and arrange the bratwurst over the top.