Let's Talk BBQ
Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => Other cookers => Topic started by: hikerman on October 24, 2013, 09:17:15 PM
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Choucroute garnie is French for dressed sauerkraut. It comes from the Alsatian region of France near the border of Germany. Thus the mix of culture. It is starting to get cold here, so traditionally the pressure cooker comes out. And this dish is one of my favorite Fall foods. What normally would cook in the oven for 2 1/2- 3 hours can be done in 10 minutes! So a great way to cook during the work week. In case anyone has a pressure cooker I'm posting the recipe. It should be a guide as it's one of those dishes that uses what is on-hand.
Choucroute Garnie
2 lbs. sauerkraut, drained
2 T butter
2 C thinly sliced onion
1 C white wine, you can use beer as well
1 lb. kielbasa or another cooked sausage
1 lb. bratwurst
1 1/2-2 lbs country ribs, smoked pork chops, or spare ribs
2 large apples, quartered, cored, no need to peel
2 tsp caraway seeds
1 1/2 lbs potatoes cut into 1" chunks
Rinse sauerkraut if it is too salty. Drain well. Heat butter in cooker, add onions and cook over med. heat until onions are browned 3-5 min. add uncooked meat and brown. Add wine or beer, sauerkraut, kielbasa, apples, caraway seeds and potatoes.
Lock lid in place, over high heat bring to high pressure. Lower heat just enough to maintain pressure, cook 10 minutes. Release pressure, open lid, Bon Appetit!
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Looks good from here Gene!
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Sounds and looks delicious. Might just have to get a pressure cooker! Thanks for the recipe.
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Received an electric pressure cooker as a wedding gift 49 years ago. We were just kids with little money. We'd by cheap cuts of meat and the pressure cooker would work its magic. After about 10 or 12 years it went south and we never replaced it.
We should have.
Thanks for the memories.
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Now, that's my kind of cooking! I love pressure cooked foods - they always come out perfectly tender.
For those interested, I can recommend the electric Cuisinart model from Costco - $69 and worth every penny. I can start an hour pressure cook before work in the morning, and the machine keeps it dinner temperature for when I return home. Talk about a good aroma opening the door after a long day at work
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looks really good. if you don't mind what kind of pressure cooker do you have? my wife wants one for xmas. 8)
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Some great looking food Gene, in a hurry!!! I would only have enough time for a half a beer and a smoke! ;) Don
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Alsace is not too far away from me. Looks pretty authentic. Next time try to cook the Sauerkraut up with some Riesling or other dry white wine.
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Great looking plate.
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Delicious looking plate of food!
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looks really good. if you don't mind what kind of pressure cooker do you have? my wife wants one for xmas. 8)
Spark, mine is a Fagor 10 qt. model usually top-rated. Overstock has them on sale for $89 now.
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Alsace is not too far away from me. Looks pretty authentic. Next time try to cook the Sauerkraut up with some Riesling or other dry white wine.
WC, that is what I used. I also usually use juniper berries, but I forgot this time. :-[
Smoked pork chops work well in this too!
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That is a plate of goodness. I have a pressure cooker but never use it because I don't know what to cook or how to really use it. Looks like I have something to try.
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Nice!!!
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Just put this one on my to do list
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Looks great, Wife spent 10 minutes on this thread and looks like I gotta dig the pressure cooker out :) I hope the wobbly bob is there too ;)
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Looks great, Wife spent 10 minutes on this thread and looks like I gotta dig the pressure cooker out :) I hope the wobbly bob is there too ;)
Yep Key, you might need that! ;)