German

Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon)

Name: Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: German
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

Annette @annette_muc

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.

20 min Easy High fiber Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

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.

Watch how to cook Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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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.

The dish at the centre
- Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
  
  10 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

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.

Every tracked allergen in Sauerkraut mit Speck (Warmed Sauerkraut with Bacon)
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

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 120 kcal
Protein: 4 g
Carbs: 11 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 7 g
Sodium: 1510 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

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.