How to Make Perfect Sauerkraut Pie

Sauerkraut Pie. In a large bowl, mix milk, well drained chopped sauerkraut, brown and white sugars, eggs, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The pie has a custard consistency. It's reminiscent of coconut cream pie and is surprisingly good!

Line a deep dish pie plate with enough pastry to make a crust on the bottom and sides and set aside. Sprinkle diced bacon, caraway seeds, and sauteed onions in pie plate. How to Make Sauerkraut Shepherd's Pie. You can cook Sauerkraut Pie using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sauerkraut Pie

1. It's 3/4 cup of chopped sauerkraut drained.
2. You need 2 batches of muerbeteig crusts see my recipe.
3. Prepare 2 cup of milk, I used evaporated milk.
4. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
5. You need 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
6. You need 4 of large eggs.
7. You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
8. Prepare 12 ounces of hotdogs, optional.
9. Prepare As needed of nonstick spray.

Brown ground beef with chopped onion and seasonings. Divide dough in half and roll out to form a rectangle. Place half of sauerkraut and mushroom filling along the middle of the rolled. In small bowl, stir remaining ingredients until blended.

Sauerkraut Pie step by step

1. Make the Muerbeteig crust and put into the refrigerator for 2 hours..
2. Preheat oven 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Beat the eggs, milk, salt, sugar, and vanilla..
3. Drain the sauerkraut well. The draining is very important if you don't it will be too wet. Chop the hotdogs into bite sized pieces..
4. Mix all the ingredients except the muerbeteig crust..
5. Roll out the dough, for the first crust on the bottom..
6. Spray nonstick in a 10 inch oven safe skillet, and put the crust in the pan pushing all air out in between the crust and skillet..
7. Pour the sauerkraut mixture into the crust.
8. Add the other crust on top and cut slits into the top to release steam as it cooks..
9. Bake in the oven 45-50 minutes..
10. Let cool serve I hope you enjoy!.

Place crock weight over cabbage; the weight should be submerged in the brine. Or, place an inverted dinner plate or glass pie plate over cabbage. The plate should be slightly smaller than the container opening, but large enough to cover most of the shredded cabbage mixture. The pie has a custard consistency. The sauerkraut is a big surprise, everyone who eats it thinks they are eating coconut!