So my husband was telling me about a dish his great grandmother used to make called "Kraut Burgers." Now I was skeptical since he absolutely HATES sauerkraut. He said this meal is like a German calzone. So I did some Internet research and found out what they were all about and I was intrigued and curious to make them. After lots of looking at pictures, recipes and blog posts & comments, I decided this was my Saturday night kitchen adventure! And I was not disappointed. They were surprisingly easy to make and full of flavor. I didn't go with any specific recipe, but picked different ingredients from several recipes, added some of my own flavors & spices and created a Krautburger I can call my own. This recipe makes 12 burgers so if you're not feeding a big group, you can halve it.
I also plugged the ingredients into my Cook'n Recipe Organizer and the nutritional information is not too bad, especially if you drain the grease off the meat well.
Amount per Serving Calories 450 Calories from Fat 160.0 Total Fat 18g Saturated Fat 7g Cholesterol 80mg Sodium 542mg Total Carbohydrate 43.6g Dietary Fiber 4.1g Sugars 0g Protein 30.2g Here is the recipe:
1 lb lean ground beef 1 lb pork sausage 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 1 medium head of cabbage, chopped or sliced 2 cloves garlic 1 Tbsp Mrs. Dash Table Blend 2 cans refrigerated pizza dough 2 Tbsp butter, melted Salt & Pepper to taste Olive Oil
Cook the beef and pork in a large skillet with the garlic and about 1-2 Tbsp of olive oil until the meat is no longer pink. Drain any excess juice and return the meat to the skillet. Add the onion, Mrs Dash and cabbage and cook on low, covered for 15-20 minutes until the cabbage has softened. Salt and pepper to taste.
In the meantime, roll out the pizza dough until thin and cut into 12 equal squares. When the meat mix is cooked, spoon an equal amount onto the center of each dough square, then fold the corners together to seal the meat inside.
Place on a cookie sheet sprayed wtih Pam, sealed side down. Brush the top with butter and bake at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes until the dough has been browned.
I served the burger with a small salad of fresh spinach and chopped roma tomatoes. Very simple dinner, but very tasty too. I loved the combination of the beef and pork together. I also keep the onion to a minimum since I wanted to bring out the flavor of the cabbage. This was not greasy at all and the meat stayed juicy inside the dough. Plus, the pizza dough not only added a nice flavor, but it was golden brown and crisp. No soggy dough here.
I think this meal would be good for both adults and kids. And the kids would sure enjoy building their own burger too!
As you all know, I love to cook!!! I have many many cookbooks, recipe cards, recipes from magazines that I've ripped out and put in a binder and even some handwritten on sticky notes. Sometimes it's just hard to find that right recipe or find one at all. I've wondered if there was any type of software out there for me. Then I received theCook'n Recipe Organizer.
I swear, this program was written for me!!! This easy to use software makes finding and storing recipes simple and efficient. My favorite feature so far is that it will capture a recipe for you and file it. Seriously, I go out to the internet looking for a salmon recipe, find one I love then hit the "capture" button and poof!! It's in my files and catagorized. How amazing is that? Sounds too good to be true? Just keep reading. This program is amazing.
Another favorite feature (or features.. there are so many!) is the shopping list. I can create a weeks worth of meals and then hit the "shopping list" button and it makes a list for me including estimated costs for each of the items. If you already have the item, say like speghetti for a pasta meal, you check if off the list and it recalcuates the total cost. What a great money saver.
There is also a way to look at the nutrtional information of your recipe. The program looks at each ingredient and will give you calorie counts, fat, sodium etc. You can calculate the entire dish or by serving. I've been using this now for a week. I created this weeks menu and printed the shopping list. Talk about a timesaver. Any program that makes the list for me gets my vote.
This program is available in both Windows and Mac versions. And soon, there will be an iPhone app too.
Here's a great video to show you all the great features of this program:
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