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Choucroute Garnie

One serving has 594 kcal and 15 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of vitamin C (77%), pyridoxine (63%), cobalamin (49%), copper (41%), phosphorus (38%) and manganese (35%). Ready in 70 minutes.

Choucroute Garnie
Photo: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 55 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (456 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Gluten-free
  • Contains: alcohol, beef, dairy, pork, sulphite

Ingredients

  • 90 g Sauerkraut
  • 45 g Bratwurst
  • 35 g Kielbasa
  • 5 g Vegetable oil
  • 30 g Onions, raw
  • 60 g Wine, white
  • 0.3 g Allspice
  • 0.3 g Bay leaves
  • 0.3 g Black pepper
  • 180 g Potatoes, raw
  • 10 g Butter, unsalted

Method

  1. Rinse the sauerkraut if very sour, then squeeze out the excess liquid.
  2. Warm the oil in a large pot, add the onion and cook until soft.
  3. Add the sauerkraut, wine, allspice, bay leaf and pepper, and nestle the sausages on top.
  4. Cover and simmer gently for 45-60 minutes until the sausages are cooked through (74°C/165°F) and the sauerkraut is tender and mellow.
  5. Boil the potatoes separately until tender, then toss with the butter.
  6. Serve the sauerkraut and sausages with the buttered potatoes and mustard; go easy on any extra salt, as the sausages and kraut are already salty.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy594 kcal28%
Carbohydrates43 g
Water348 mL
Fiber7.1 g24%
Protein15.3 g32%
Tryptophan0.15 g
Threonine0.56 g
Isoleucine0.58 g
Leucine1 g
Lysine1 g
Methionine0.33 g
Cystine0.18 g
Phenylalanine0.56 g
Tyrosine0.42 g
Valine0.71 g
Histidine0.4 g
Fat36.4 g
Monounsaturated13.8 g
Polyunsaturated6.5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-65.6 g
Saturated13.8 g
Trans-Fats0.11 g
Cholesterol71.2 mg
Calcium99.1 mg10%
Copper0.37 mg41%
Iron3.9 mg22%
Magnesium75.7 mg24%
Manganese0.63 mg35%
Phosphorus263 mg38%
Potassium1,218 mg26%
Selenium15.4 µg28%
Sodium1,437 mg
Zinc2.3 mg28%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.35 mg32%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.26 mg24%
Niacin (vitamin B3)4.8 mg34%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.93 mg19%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.82 mg63%
Folate (vitamin B9)58.5 µg15%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.2 µg49%
Choline50.9 mg12%
Vitamin A73.2 µg10%
Vitamin C57.9 mg77%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)15.4 IU3%
Vitamin E1.1 mg7%
Vitamin K26.1 µg29%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

1.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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