sauerkraut

How To Make sauerkraut

• 1

  Start by draining your sauerkraut in a thin-wired collander. Rinse with cold water to remove some of the excess salt water.
• 2

  In a large skillet, saute the bacon in 1 tbls of olive oil until the fat starts to turn translucent.
• 3

  Add the diced onion, and saute with the bacon until the onion starts to soften.
• 4

  Pour the bacon/onion combo into the pot you'll be using to cook the sauerkraut. In this case, I prefer the black metal roasting pans.
• 5

  Add the chopped apple to the bacon and onion and mix thoroughly to combine. The apple in this recipe removes some of the bitterness from the sauerkraut.
• 6

  Add the sauerkraut to the bacon/onion/apple, and stir to combine. Ensure that the sauerkraut is level.
• 7

  Thoroughly clean your skillet, because you'll be using it again.
• 8

  If you're using the country ribs for this recipe, add a generous amount of salt and pepper to each side.
• 9

  Brown each rib in the other tbl of olive oil, ensuring each side has been seared. They should be a golden brown color at this point.
• 10

  Preheat the oven to 375 degreed Fahrenheit.
• 11

  Pour the pork broth in to the pot of sauerkraut. At this point, then add enough white wine to come to roughly 1/2 inch below the sauerkraut level.
• 12

  Heat the sauerkraut combo to boiling, then turn off the heat.
• 13

  Set each rib on top of the sauerkraut, and push each one halfway in. After one half hour, turn the ribs so the other half in partially submerged.
• 14

  After 2 hours, remove the sauerkraut from the oven, and enjoy!
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