Apple sauerkraut or pineapple sauerkraut with potato dumplings

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 pack of Schupfnudeln from the refrigerated section, approx. 500 g
• 1 pack of sauerkraut, ready-seasoned, e.g. for soups and stews, approx. 400 g
• 200 g bacon cubes (Gelderland bacon), not too fine
• 2 medium-sized onions, finely diced
• 1 apple, pitted and diced, alternatively 4 pineapple slices in small pieces
• 3 tbsp sugar
• n. B. Salt and pepper, black, from the mill
• 2 tbsp oil, e.g. coconut oil, or clarified butter,

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Sauerkraut at its tastiest, not only children love it, always a hit at festivals

First of all: Of course, it’s better to have homemade dumplings and sauerkraut that’s been slowly braised. But sometimes you need something quick, and this is a good alternative. The quick way is to fry the onions, bacon, and apple, then add the dumplings, then the cabbage and fry everything together. But that won’t be crispy enough for us, so we’ll do it like this: First, fry the dumplings all over in oil. This goes quite quickly at almost full power. Then remove from the pan and place it in a covered casserole dish in the oven. If you want to eat it right away, keep it warm at 60°C or just let it cool. Then fry the bacon and onions at about 75% of the heat. They shouldn’t brown, just soft and just slightly golden. Then add the apple or pineapple pieces and fry for a bit longer. Sprinkle with the sugar—since my child likes it sweet, I use more than the 3 tablespoons—and let it caramelize a little. Then deglaze with the cabbage and fry everything briefly. This takes us about 3 to 5 minutes. At this point you can eat it if you don’t want to pre-cook it. While pre-cooking, I also put the cabbage in a covered casserole dish and put the dumplings and cabbage in the oven. I set the oven at 65°C for 40 minutes, then it’s nice and warm and delicious. This dish is ideal if you let the stovetop turn itself on with a timer, so the meal is ready when you get home. The quantities of cabbage and dumplings are not that important. It always tastes delicious, regardless of whether you add a little more or less cabbage and dumplings.