Potatoes stuffed with bratwurst sausage and sauerkraut.This is my favorite recipe.Potatoes stuffed with sausages and beer-caramelized onions cooked in oven.An excellent appetizer!
Ingredients:
- 4 large russet potatoes,scrubbed and dried
- vegetable oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 Bratwurst sausages , sliced
- 2 large yellow onions,peeled,quartered and sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) lager beer
- 2 tablespoons unsalted melted butter
- 1/2 cup (125 g) mixed grated Gruyere and cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup (125) sauerkraut
- freshly cracked black pepper
Cooking Method:
- Preheat your oven top 400 F (200 C)
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Place wire rack over lined baking sheet.
- In a large bowl,place russet potatoes,then drizzle with vegetable oil and season with salt and black pepper.
- Rub the oil and seasoning into their skins.
- Place russet potatoes onto wire rack and bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted in the center of potatoes comes out clean(for 1hour and 10 minutes).
- Remove cooked potatoes from the oven<set aside and allow to cool.
- Preheat 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil in a large nonstick pan.
- Add sausages in a single layer and brown for 3-4 minutes per side.
- Remove cooked sausages from the heat and pat dry with paper towel.
- Add the sliced onions to the same pan.
- Season with salt and black pepper.
- Allow the onions to caramelize to a deep golden-brown (for about 20-25 minutes) over a medium-low heat, stirring frequently.
- Chop cooled sausages into a bit size.
- Add the chopped bratwurst bits into the pan with caramelized onions.
- Stir well to combine and add lager beer.
- Allow the beer to reduce for a moment and become glossy and just slightly thickened.
- Turn off the heat and season(if necessary) with salt and black pepper.
- Set onion and sausage mixture aside,keeping warm.
- Cut cooled potatoes in half lengthwise, and carefully scoop out most of the flesh leaving about 1/2 inch(1.25 cm) border of potato, reserving the flesh for another use.
- Brush inside of potatoes with melted butter and sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
- Return potatoes to the wire rack, flesh-side up.
- Place under the broiler and brown for a few minutes, and once inside is slightly browned, flip the potato and crisp the skins for a couple of moments.
- Fill each potato with sausage-onion mixture.
- Sprinkle with cheese mixture.
- Return to the heat and broil until cheese is melted.
- Top with sauerkraut and serve potatoes stuffed with bratwurst sausage and sauerkraut immediately.
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