FFXIV Eorzea Cafe at Home: Sausage and Sauerkraut (with peppers)
Keep reading to see my take on IRL Sausage and Sauerkraut!
Ingredients:
1 package Bratwurst, Italian Sausage, or whatever you have available
1 bell pepper, sliced into strips and then cut in half to shorten the strips.
1 large onion, sliced into half-rings
1 jar sauerkraut
1 package of bratwurst or hot dog buns (optional)
Butter and/or olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Suggested Condiments:
Spicy Brown Mustard
Sour Cream
Tools:
1 pot
1 sautee pan
Tongs
Cooking spoon/spatula
Directions:
Fill pot with enough water to cover sausages. Place sausages in water and turn on heat to high. Once water is boiling, turn heat to medium or medium-low to prevent boiling over. Cook sausages until done and no longer pink in the middle, about when they start floating to the top and there’s a “froth” in the water. Turn off heat.
While sausages are cooking and almost done, place oil and butter in a sautee pan, turn on heat to medium. Once the butter is melted, put in the onions and bell peppers. Add salt and pepper to your tastes.
When near done, place the sausages into the sautee pan to finish them off and give them a nice caramelized color. Sautee until they reach desired doneness. Turn off heat.
*Optional: If sauerkraut is preferred hot or warm, you can add the sauerkraut to the sautee pan with the peppers and onions near the end to heat through.
Place sausage in bun (optional), top with peppers and onions mixture, sauerkraut, followed by your chosen condiments (in this case sour cream and spicy brown mustard).
Enjoy! (Goes great with pierogi!)
I wanted to have as much fun with the FFXIV Digital Fan Festival as much as possible, and I love cooking, so I wanted to set up a nice festive menu for the hubby and I. As someone of Polish and German descent, I grew up eating sausage and kraut a LOT! Sometimes I eat it traditionally, other times I do my own spin on it, such as serving it on a bun. Thank you for reading!