German
Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon)
Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb jarred sauerkraut, drained
- 3 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1/2 apple, grated
- 4 juniper berries
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
How to cook it
- Cook the diced speck in a large saucepan over medium heat for 4 minutes, until golden and the fat renders.
- Add the onion and cook for 2 minutes, until softened.
- Stir in the sauerkraut, grated apple, juniper berries, bay leaf, broth, and sugar.
- Cover and simmer over low heat for 12 minutes, stirring once or twice, until heated through and the flavors meld.
- Remove the bay leaf, taste, and adjust the sugar if the kraut is too sharp, then serve hot alongside the main dish; jarred sauerkraut warmed this way is genuinely everyday food in Germany.
Serve it with
A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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More to cook
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Cook this with your whole family
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