Cold and icy out. Good day for a crockpot meal. Raided the freezer and dug out some butterfly pork chops. In the fridge is about a cup and a half of saurerkraut, some red potatoes, an onion, and some apples that need to be eaten.
A little bit of Googling later, and this is what we came up with.
Start with the onions into a greased slow cooker.
Work on the aromatics next. One teaspoon each of the peppercorns and juniper berries, and about 6 cloves.
I don't have a "bouquet garni" bag, so we came up with a redneck version. (deconstructed Lipton tea bag
)
Place as so.
Toss the kraut with some Caraway seeds and cover the onions.
Spuds around the perimeter.
Poke chops next. (mostly frozen)
FYI, I'm hitting each layer with some smoked salt and Goya Adobo.
Rest of the kraut. (really supposed to use more than this, so we are improvising)
I sprinkled a little thyme on the kraut as well.
Whack 2 apples and lay them on top.
1/2 cup of our finest white wine. So memorable, it doesn't even have a label.
Add another 1/2 cup of water, and lid on for 6 hours.
We'll see how it looks around dinner time. Perhaps we'll be having peanut butter sammiches instead...
