German Style Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 sweet italian sausages (about 2 pounds total)
• 5 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes (1 3/4 pounds total)
• 1 large green apple
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 8 cups shredded green cabbage (1/2 large head)
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 3/4 cup apple juice or 3/4 cup cider
• 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 425 degrees .
• 2 prick 6 sausages with fork.
• 3 brown in 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; do not cook through. set aside.
• 4 remove remaining two sausages from casing and cook, breaking them into pieces, until they lose their pink color, about 2 minutes; remove and set aside.
• 5 remove all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet.
• 6 add potatoes and cook 10 minutes.
• 7 meanwhile, cut apple into quarters, core, and peel; cut each quarter into slices.
• 8 remove potatoes and add oil to skillet.
• 9 cook cabbage, onion, apple, garlic, salt, and pepper, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is wilted, 5 to 7 minutes.
• 10 sprinkle with flour and stir.
• 11 combine broth, apple juice, and vinegar and stir into pan; remove from heat.
• 12 toss in potatoes and crumbled sausage.
• 13 spoon mixture into lightly greased 13" x 9" baking dish.
• 14 arrange sausages over mixture.
• 15 cover and bake 25 minutes.
• 16 remove cover and bake 15 minutes.
• 17 sprinkle with parsley.